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Re: Oracle on Windows Vs. Linux

From: James Foronda <James.Foronda_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 13:17:52 -0400
Message-id: <447343C0.6000407@sun.com>


Jared,

I'm sorry but I don't really want to get into a discussion when it comes to the "current state of Sun". I will leave that job to people (way) above me.

James
Speaking for myself, not for Sun

Jared Still wrote:
> Playing the part of Devil's advocate here:
>
> Given the current state of Sun, one cannot help but wonder
> if Solaris will have the longevity to compete with Linux.
>
> This has nothing to do with technical merits.
>
> As we all know, technical superiority seldom has little
> to do with a product or technology's viability.
>
> Sad, but true.
>
> Jared
>
>
> On 5/23/06, * James Foronda* <James.Foronda_at_sun.com
> <mailto:James.Foronda_at_sun.com>> wrote:
>
>
> > I must say that my faith was swayed by the recent post from
> Michael Haddon about
> > using Solaris on AMD64. There is an alternative to Linux! There
> is another form of
> > Unix operating system on PC platform, this one decent, stable
> and well documented
> > and somebody is using it! Now that is what I call a good news!
> Linux, as it is now,
> > is almost buggy enough for Oracle to produce its own version.
> Then, we will all be
> > blessed by Linux 2.8.37.135.20048.FOOBAR version of Linux! There
> is a God and Linus
> > Torvalds is his prophet! There is no other explanation for the
> popularity of this
> > crap
>
> Wow... this is one is for keeps. :) I have to say, though, that
> several
> people (off this list) have told me something similar.
>
> Not only that... Solaris is also open source and completely free. If
> you want support, it is cheaper than redhat. :-)
>
> If you are looking for technical reasons for using Solaris over
> Linux,
> there are quite a few reasons aside from stability of the release
> cycle
> but I'm not quite sure that I have the time to get into that right
> now.
>
>

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