> From: opensolaris-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:opensolaris- > discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Graham McArdle > > One of the selling points of Solaris > was that the same kernel runs on everything from a laptop to a > mainframe
Not sure I get you there. (a) how is that different from anything else (every OS I know of is like that) and (b) what's the value-add? Why would anybody care very much about that? > Now that no-one > will pay to support Solaris running on anything smaller than a > mainframe What??? I'm afraid I'm going to have to call your bluff here. You mean all those 1U and 2U and 4U servers from Oracle, Dell, etc, sold with solaris? You don't think people buy them? Or you think they count as "mainframe?" > For > businesses that like to have a single OS for all systems to keep > sysadmin work simple, It is standard practice to run a different OS on your laptop and your server. A laptop OS is not appropriate for a server, and vice-versa. They have different design requirements, and standard practice for any serious IT person would be to run the best OS for the job at hand. Opensolaris and solaris are for servers. Not desktops. Yes you can use it for a desktop if you want, but it's not designed for that purpose, and not good compared to other products in that arena. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
