> On Sep 7, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Edward Martinez quoted: > > Thanks to its strong support of the x86 hardware > architecture, "in terms of overall volume, Linux is > just a much higher volume product than Solaris ever > was," says Al Gillen, an IDC analyst. > > Volume of licenses tells us nothing about the kind of > hardware it's being deployed on. This is a poor > metric for analyzing a hardware market share. > > > IDC data show that worldwide Linux shipments in > 2006 were about 2.4 million in 2006 and nearly 2.7 > million in 2007. By contrast, Solaris shipments > totaled 376,000 in 2006 and 371,000 last year. > > And would this include licenses for Novell'a > enterprise desktop offering? > > > Solaris, Zemlin says, is losing market share > because it does not have a good price performance or > value proposition. > > I'd be curious too see the source because the opinion > of two dozen marketing analysts is rarely equivalent > to that of a single experienced sysadmin. > > > Zemlin also disputes Sun's notion that Solaris > technology gives it an edge over Linux. "The only > people I hear talk about DTrace [Solaris's technology > for assessing program and OS behaviours] and ZFS [the > Zettabyte File System] as competitive features [are] > Sun Microsystems sales representatives. It's not > something I believe is impacting the market in any > way," he says." > > q.v. my last statement. Of course, they're unlikely > to share their supporting data if it even exists. I'm > sure it's top secret & highly technical (translation: > we help gen a shit pile of ad revenue for Intel, > DELL, et al). > > -Gary > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] >
Well i don't want to start disrepecting my follow solaris users/devs with this turning into a heated argument, so i will end my discussion on this topic by saying, i really hope oracle has a nice trick up their sleve for solaris 11 : -) Regards Edward -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
