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Thing is..
I don't know if IBM care if AIX survives but Sun is desperate to re-invent Solaris to look and handle and "feel good" like Linux.
AIX has fewer apps ported but it has very steady market share. Solaris has lost more(proportionate) market share to Linux.
Linux has eaten a lot of Sun's market, many of my company's customers are ex Sun who don't want to pay for overpriced hardware there are some ex AIX customers but the ratio is about 8 to 1

I suppose Solaris has more apps and more platforms but AIX is strangely resilient. SPARC and POWER are way better than sucky Intel but not really value for money.
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Thing is..  junknstuff@... | 10/17/07
RE: Solaris/SPARC vs AIX/Power (1)  civikminded | 10/17/07
RE: Solaris/SPARC vs AIX/Power (1)  JesperFrimann | 10/17/07
a lot of good points - but...  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/17/07
RE:a lot of good points - but...  JesperFrimann | 10/18/07
Say what?  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/18/07
What? credibility indicator moved to red !  Jim888 | 10/18/07
Talk's Cheap; Sleuthing Takes Work  jcawley | 10/17/07
He is paid for this  tonymcs@... | 10/17/07
Did the topic change?  Anton Philidor | 10/17/07
No.  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/17/07
Sorry, Murph.  Anton Philidor | 10/17/07
oops - that's "if" not "is" - sorry wink (NT)  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/17/07
Thanks  Anton Philidor | 10/17/07
Quality, not quantity.  Anton Philidor | 10/17/07
How then?  Ed Burnette ZDNet Moderator | 10/18/07
Ask.  Anton Philidor | 10/19/07
Agreed  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/18/07
RE: Solaris/SPARC vs AIX/Power (1)  meh130@... | 10/18/07
To register...  MichaelAM | 10/19/07
RE: Solaris/SPARC vs AIX/Power (1)  rzupelli@... | 10/25/07
RE: Solaris/SPARC vs AIX/Power (1)  mike4ty4@... | 03/29/08

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