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Smart move on Sun's part
It is a long term gambit on Sun's part, but it is also ingenius. Sun isn't blind and they can see that Linux is eating into their sales space. Sun hardware needs to get Linux compatible so that their hardware sales can pickup or at least maintain their current rates. The easiest thing for them to do is to make some of their proprietary instruction sets (like ZFS) a part of the Linux standards. Customers will then have the option to switch in or out of Solaris without having to change hardware. Their bet is that the customers actually prefer Sun hardware and are only staying away because they don't want to be locked into Solaris.
Posted by: Prefbid II   Posted on: 11/18/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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And the train gathers speed.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/05
Say what?  jasonp@... | 11/17/05
I agree, Solaris is a much better tool.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/05
Solaris uses plenty of GPL code  Richard Flude | 11/17/05
And that is why Sun is working so hard to be rid of it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/05
Again your only talking about one piece - OpenSolaris  Richard Flude | 11/18/05
We can only hope (NT)  Loverock Davidson | 11/17/05
Linux is only a kernel  hipparchus2001 | 11/19/05
Java please  Richard Flude | 11/17/05
What benefit is there to Sun if they do  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/05
Smart move on Sun's part  Prefbid II | 11/18/05
Ummm, Sun hardware does run Linux.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/18/05
I am not so sure that it is profitable  balsover | 11/18/05
one day microsoft may do this with NTFS  hipparchus2001 | 11/19/05

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