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I admire Sun more and more every day.
In the past, I often thought Sun was shooting itself in the foot with their "we must get Microsoft" attitude and actions. Today I see Sun having settled their differences with MS to the always popular tune, "north of a billion dollars by a fair piece", grasped they can't be a CPU company effectively in today's market, developed Java with community involvement while maintaining ownership/control, recognized the value of Solaris if positioned/priced properly, supported open source where it makes sense, and made the decision to not be a services company ala IBM.

I've seen lots of posts about the "Sun setting" but I honestly believe Sun is turning the company around and by offering multiple ways to buy/lease/rent/subscribe/use software they are introducing alternatives to the more traditional methods and that's a winner for consumers. Some would argue their marketing is too fragmented and going in different directions, to that I would say that sometimes, especially in a stagnant market, you have no choice but to throw stuff against the wall and see what sticks.

Oh, and not to make a dig against Linux but if Sun plays Solaris on the X86 right then all bets are off. With Sun's financial power and technical know how, a serious contender in the proprietary OS market is all but a sure thing. In all my contacts with people using Solaris, I have never heard any serious negatives about it and that's saying a lot.

Last, I find it striking that the author suggests a very cheap PC (or device?) based on the technology outlined, and that Steve Ballmer said much the same thing just last week. Two very different views of the market, in fact almost polar opposite views, arriving at the same conclusion. Now tell me how scary that is...
Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind   Posted on: 10/26/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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This is the new model, subscription  hipparchus2000 | 10/26/04
Yes, good point, but UserLinux is comming too.  DonnieBoy | 10/26/04
Debian?  Roger Ramjet | 10/27/04
Which is funny  rapson | 10/27/04
the implementation was different  hipparchus2000 | 10/27/04
For some people, yes, for others, no  CobraA1 | 10/27/04
I admire Sun more and more every day.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/26/04
Verry Scarry  Roger Ramjet | 10/27/04
Admirable's nice...  Anton Philidor | 10/27/04
Solaris is pretty much the same as Linux in engineering terms  hipparchus2000 | 10/27/04
I agree, but conside Sun's marketing clout.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/28/04
ok  V Sanders | 10/26/04
Sun could never get OEMs to go agaist the ms cash bac k program  V Sanders | 10/26/04
Yes, Debian is for Hackers, but it is the choice to base another distro  DonnieBoy | 10/27/04
Don't forget...  vdraken | 10/27/04
One word: Applications  ibnanouk | 10/27/04
Amen dude!  SantiagoCrespo | 10/27/04
or a preinstalled linux system  hipparchus2000 | 10/27/04
Zombie Programmers  Roger Ramjet | 10/27/04
desktop linux is growing fast though  hipparchus2000 | 10/27/04
Linspire (Lindows) has done this longer and better  RogerFairmont | 10/27/04
Jolly Roger  Roger Ramjet | 10/27/04
relies on WINE - no it doesn't  hipparchus2000 | 10/27/04
Linspire? Are they even still in business?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/27/04
CNR is cool  voska | 10/27/04
Sorry, but at least one court said you BUY software.  Update victim | 10/27/04
Not exactly the case  j.m.galvin | 10/27/04
From what I've read  voska | 10/27/04
In this case  j.m.galvin | 10/27/04
Duck hunting.  Anton Philidor | 10/27/04
Why do you license?  voska | 10/27/04
PCs are workstations  michael-t | 10/27/04
Don't trust the roadmap  alscook@... | 10/27/04
Office XP Pro OEM is only $150  george_ou | 10/27/04
But who wants to buy a new PC to get Office XP?  voska | 10/27/04
it's a free country  hipparchus2000 | 10/27/04
Only thing a Sun should do is burn  FilledOut | 10/27/04
Doesn't look like renting to me  BillShepp | 10/28/04

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