On Tuesday 14 June 2005 04:48 pm, Michael Hipp wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
> > On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> >>If it gets the same developer attention, and starts packaging more OSS
> >>apps, I think Solaris might find a home in the OSS community. I hear
> >>it's very solid.
> >
> > s/solid/slow
> >
> > I use Slowaris-10 (x86/x86-64) at work, and i've yet to find anything
> > redeeming about it that Linux can't meet or exceed.
>
> I don't use it at all. But my criteria would be: "What will this do that
> Linux won't?" Likely answer: "Nothing!" So no motive to switch.
>
> I have no data about how solid Solaris is, but I have to wonder exactly
> how one would measure it against Linux. "Does it crash less often than
> never?"
>
> Just MHO.
>
I worked with it a few times and it's a nice unix. What I didn't like was...
it was so slow. Linux on, the same hardware, runs rings aroung solaris any
version....
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