On 6/21/07, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/21/07, Shawn K. O'Shea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Without going on my typical rant about Solaris/x86 ... > Okay, I'm curious, and this list has been starved for *nix-related > discussion lately. What's your typical rant? :-)
An easy one to target is the fact that every few years, Sun decides to phase out Solaris x86, then rekindle it once again. Additionally, one of the 'features' is Linux binary compatibility, so Solaris x86 can use Linux drivers, as it's own support of x86 hardware is limited. So in the end, you have questionable backing of the product in general, but to make up for lack of support, it can use Linux drivers, and even run Linux apps. So one has to ask. What's the point? :-) -- -- Thomas _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
