>> On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:09:05 +1100, Steven Harris <st...@stevenharris.info> >> said:
> Would it be reasonable to consider Intel/Solaris to get an > industrial strength OS on commodity hardware? Meh, Solaris. also-ran? Solaran.. ? I know that's blasphemy in some circles, but Sun is not even a shadow of what it once was. Time was, Sun OSes were where everyone built their open source first, it was the preferred unix-like OS of the nerdirati. Those days are gone, and Sun isn't going to make up the losses, IMO. > Where's AIX for Intel when you need it! Yeah, that would kick some butt. OTOH, one reason the AIX drivers are rock solid is that there's serious cross-pollination between systems and hardware folks. I don't think IBM could achieve the same standard of quality chasing whatever hardware. - Allen S. Rout
