I prefer Linux for the desktop / personal workspace and prefer Solaris for the remote fileserver area. I particularly like the Sun hardware and its scalability, eg with several engineers running circuit/VHDL simulators and PCB layouts at the same time on the same server (or group of NFS-linked servers). What I see at the moment is Linux seems to be doing well on the desktop to medium server area (eg up to ISP/Web host level) whereas Solaris (or SunOS, for the Sun heads) seems to be better for the medium to high end such as the larger financial centres. Here they bet on the system reliability and hot swappability to achieve 24x7, whereas on a low end system you don't mind the occasional hardware outage such as a duff disk, so you duplicate the hardware instead. It's this high end that Linux isn't really there yet, however there are certainly a few people prepared to give it a go. The main holdups to Linux appear to be access to the high end hardware (the average J. Hacker doesn't have a spare Sunfire kicking around). The IBM thousand-odd Linuxes on a mainframe is a large collection of small systems rather than one large system (from the application point of view).
Regards, Jill -- Jill Rowling, Snr Des. Eng. & Unix System Administrator Eng. Systems Dept, Aristocrat Technologies Australia 3rd Floor, 77 Dunning Ave Rosebery NSW 2018 Phone: (02) 9697-4484 Fax: (02) 9663-1412 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Rachel Polanskis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ... > On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Scott Howard wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 10:04:20PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > Interested in Solaris, seems it's Suns Unix based OS, > interested in > > > > opinions, usefullinks etc. > > > > > > It's kinda like Linux, only suits choose it first, and > it's proprietary. It > > > > Complete uninformed mindless drivel! > > > > In what way is Solaris proprietary? > > Right on! > > > Scott > > (Who chooses Solaris first in many cases, and doesnt > (normally) wear a suit...) > > rachel > (ditto) ---------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ---------------------- This email is intended only to be read or used by the addressee. The information contained in this e-mail message may be confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, distribution, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. Confidentiality attached to this communication is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken delivery to you. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and notify us by return e-mail or telephone Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited on +61 2 9413 6300. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
