...and Solaris has had multi-threaded applications running for years.
If it is not fast enough, add more CPUs! Solaris scales and by
respecting APIs (thanks for mentioning that Rich) developers save
time ...as time goes by.
R&B :-)
On Nov 27, 2005, at 1:10 PM, Rich Teer wrote:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2005, Erast Benson wrote:
Solaris 8,9,10,11 are different, and therefore "carry" the same
risk for
end user's apps.
You're forgetting a rather important detail: Sun places a big emphasis
on backwards compatibility, so migrating to newer versions of Solaris
carries much less risk than migrating to a new version of Linux.
Linus has specifically stated that not only is backwards compatibilty
not a requirement for him, but that he (and the other Linux
developers)
will deliberately break compatibility with previous releases to
discourage
binary-only software. Because of this policy, how long do you
think it
will be before companies like Nvidia take a look at their Linux vs
Solaris
maintenance costs, and decide to srop support for the former as a cost
saving measure?
--
Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA, OpenSolaris CAB member
President,
Rite Online Inc.
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