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From: David Combs on 25 Mar 2010 02:20 In article <7xpon.260783$OX4.165161(a)newsfe25.iad>, Canuck57 <Canuck57(a)nospam.com> wrote: >On 18/03/2010 4:34 AM, Tim Bradshaw wrote: >> On 2010-03-17 14:33:35 +0000, Doug McIntyre said: >> >>> Sun doesn't own CDE, the OpenGroup does. Its not an orphaned product, >>> just not worked on at all. >> >> So Sun could not open source it even if they wanted to :-) >> >> I guess the answer, for people who want CDE to continue then, is either >> to pay Sun enough to continue to support it, or to campaign with the >> owners that it be open sourced. > >Sun does not own CDE at all. While I think it should be open sourced, >it is not. And since no real development is going on with it, other >than perhaps some minor porting maintenance, it is as good as dead. > >In fact Solaris is likely to faulter even more, becoming more of a niche >OS. Unfortunate, because I think it is the best OS on the planet. But >Oracle will be it's death kiss. Markets will shrink to big iron only, >running a handfull of special apps. > >Linux will move in on the low to mid-range. It might take a few years >but I see many a shops switching to Linux from Solaris. > >In fact Solaris is likely to faulter even more, becoming more of a niche ^^^^^^^ ??? Why do you say all that? Solaris is (thus far) free, and works on x86, so why should Linux beat it out? Makes no sense to me. Sun/Oracle will keep improving it, and everyone else can get it for free? Sounds pretty good to me! How does linux beat that? David
From: starwars on 25 Mar 2010 17:15
dkcombs(a)panix.com (David Combs) wrote: > Why do you say all that? Solaris is (thus far) free, and works on x86, > so why should Linux beat it out? Makes no sense to me. Solaris appears not to be free anymore. You're supposed to pay after 90 days. Thanks, Oracle! > Sun/Oracle will keep improving it, and everyone else can get it for > free? Sounds pretty good to me! If only it were so :-( > How does linux beat that? Cuz it's really free and Larry Ellison can't hijack it? ;) |