[nylug-talk] Is there any overlap in the NYC Linux community with Solaris?

[Brandorr]

On 5/16/07, Michael K Dolan <mdoln at us.ibm.com> wrote:
> Here's a thought: if you want something that is more like Linux, just use
> Linux. OpenSolaris is a joke and no where close to hitting any stride. It's
> a decent forum for Solaris users just like forums for Ubuntu, Gentoo, etc
> but that's it. There is no developer community (outside Sun) and all the
> IP, code, etc is still owned and controlled by Sun... so why would anyone
> freely help Sun increase their stock price??

Michael,

It looks like IBM is going to be shipping/selling Solaris with their
x86 systems, and mainframes. Why would they do that if OpenSolaris is
such "a joke", and nowhere near hitting stride?

And as for there being "no developer community outside of Sun", I
guess Intel, AMD, LSI Apple, and IBM employees don't count? Nor do all
the 60,000+ registered members of opensolaris.org.

Cheers,
-Brian Gupta

P.S. - Whether you like it or not, most users of Unix-like operating
systems aren't religious bigots. We use the appropriate tools for the
job. (In my case, I use Solaris for servers, uCLinux for embedded, and
Linux desktop for development.)

Cheers,
Brian
-- 
- Brian Gupta
http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/

IBM to Sell Sun's Solaris System:
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By WILLIAM M. BULKELEY
The Wall Street Journal
August 16, 2007 3:08 p.m.

ARMONK, N.Y. -- International Business Machines Corp. and Sun
Microsystems Inc. said that IBM has signed an agreement to become the
first major hardware vendor to become a reseller of Sun's Solaris
operating system.

In a teleconference, top executives of the two companies said that
initially Solaris will be sold for IBM's Intel and AMD based servers,
but later they will develop ways for it to
run on IBM's Z-series mainframes.

IBM said that the agreement will make it easier for its salespeople to
provide Solaris to customers who already buy from Sun.

The executives didn't make any financial forecasts for the agreement.

"We're thrilled to be working with IBM to bring the Solaris OS to the
broadest market possible -- they are a natural partner for Sun," said
Jonathan Schwartz, president and CEO
of Sun Microsystems. "Solaris adoption continues to accelerate, among
both the open source and commercial communities.

Write to William M. Bulkeley at bill.bulkeley at wsj.com