Re: [GENERAL] The future of Solaris?

2008-12-12 Thread Scott Ribe
Could use a new sure thing now that there's no more money for me to make shorting SCO stock. That really was easy money, wasn't it? ;-) -- Scott Ribe scott_r...@killerbytes.com http://www.killerbytes.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list

Re: [GENERAL] The future of Solaris?

2008-12-11 Thread Liraz Siri
Greg Smith wrote: On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Liraz Siri wrote: Linux may still be behind Solaris in a few areas but I'll wager Linux will catch up and make Solaris completely, utterly obsolete in the not too distant future. I shouldn't have posted this comment. It's flamebait. Great, free money

Re: [GENERAL] The future of Solaris?

2008-12-11 Thread Grzegorz Jaƛkiewicz
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:54 AM, Greg Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Liraz Siri wrote: Besides Sun Microsystems hasn't been a financially healthy organization for quite a few years, as evidenced by its rather dismal stock performance:

[GENERAL] The future of Solaris?

2008-12-10 Thread Liraz Siri
Guy Rouillier wrote: Liraz Siri wrote: Solaris is awesome (dtrace rocks!), but I still prefer Debian/Linux for the same reasons I prefer PostgreSQL over MySQL - its lack of dependence on any single company. OpenSolaris? I think it takes more than a license to make a true community

Re: [GENERAL] The future of Solaris?

2008-12-10 Thread Damian Carey
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 6:00 AM, Liraz Siri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guy Rouillier wrote: Liraz Siri wrote: Solaris is awesome (dtrace rocks!), but I still prefer Debian/Linux for the same reasons I prefer PostgreSQL over MySQL - its lack of dependence on any single company. OpenSolaris?

Re: [GENERAL] The future of Solaris?

2008-12-10 Thread Emanuel Calvo Franco
2008/12/10 Liraz Siri [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Guy Rouillier wrote: Liraz Siri wrote: Solaris is awesome (dtrace rocks!), but I still prefer Debian/Linux for the same reasons I prefer PostgreSQL over MySQL - its lack of dependence on any single company. OpenSolaris? I think it takes more than

Re: [GENERAL] The future of Solaris?

2008-12-10 Thread Dann Corbit
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:pgsql-general- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Emanuel Calvo Franco Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11:27 AM To: Liraz Siri; General PostgreSQL List Subject: Re: [GENERAL] The future of Solaris? 2008/12/10 Liraz Siri [EMAIL

Re: [GENERAL] The future of Solaris?

2008-12-10 Thread Martin Gainty
other than intended recipient. Sender does not necessarily endorse content contained within this transmission. Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:00:11 +0200 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: [GENERAL] The future of Solaris? Guy Rouillier

Re: [GENERAL] The future of Solaris?

2008-12-10 Thread Liraz Siri
Damian Carey wrote: I understand and accept that this is just your opinion, but its sheer dripping passion tends to highlight its lack objectivity! and make Solaris completely, utterly obsolete in the not too distant future. For what it's worth, I really like Solaris. I wish Linux had dtrace

Re: [GENERAL] The future of Solaris?

2008-12-10 Thread Greg Smith
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Liraz Siri wrote: Linux may still be behind Solaris in a few areas but I'll wager Linux will catch up and make Solaris completely, utterly obsolete in the not too distant future. Great, free money is even better than free code; how much would you like to loo...er, wager