mai intai legatura: http://www.sun.com/2002-0319/feature/
si ceva spicuiri interesante (parerea mea): ..... Sun has always regarded Linux to be part of the UNIX[R] market and seen Linux as a great friend in expanding the UNIX market. Sun has enjoyed a number one market share position in UNIX with hundreds of thousands of developers. Sun has also seen the creation of the Java platform and the resulting more than 3 million developer following innovating around the Java environment and the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE[tm])--the de facto modern application platform. We believe that by adding the Linux community to the Solaris OE and the Java technology communities, developers can be assured of a bigger opportunity and a superior investment protection story. We also believe Linux to have a good fit in embedded and emerging edge services opportunities. That is why Sun is expanding the use of Linux beyond the Cobalt platform and into this effort to market general-purpose servers with the Linux operating system. We're hearing customers ask for alternatives to Windows 2000, since they are fed up with the security issues, high TCO, and lack of scaling. With respect to IBM, some people may be fearful that IBM is going to take Linux and make it their own. We believe that Sun can play a major role in expanding the UNIX/Linux/Java/XML market and continue to fight for open standards. ...... Does this mean Sun has "gone Linux"? No, it does not. We believe that Linux is appropriate in the world of embedded and edge services platforms. Separately, we believe that the UNIX and Linux communities should be working closely together and so we are working to provide a great investment protection story. The real competition is Microsoft. ..... iar pe la 1500$ iti cumperi : SUN Blade 100 (SPARC IIe 500MHz, 128Mb RAM), monitor 17", tastatura+mouse USB si placa PC ca sa rulezi si un Windoze pe aceeasi masina Solaris (un VMware hardware), deci pana la urma SUN si-a dat seama ca trebuie sa scada pretul masinilor lor si sa intre pe piata low-end cu statii de lucru sa-i concureze pe M$. acum au si tupeu, asteapta marea cu sarea de la GNOME 2.0 care va fi implicit GUI pe Solaris 9, ximian care fac eforturi de unificare sub aceeasi interfata grafica mai multe UNIX-uri, etc. om trai si om vedea, cum insusi Bilica zicea ca in urmatorii 20 de ani vom asista la evolutii spectaculoase pe piata IT, inceputurile se fac deja simtite .... :)) --- Send e-mail to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' with 'unsubscribe rlug' to unsubscribe from this list.
