Re: OT: Solaris vs. Linux vs. FreeBSD

2001-07-01 Thread Stuart Krivis
--On Saturday, June 30, 2001 08:29:37 PM -0700 Adam McKenna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 03:53:59PM -0400, Steve Fulton wrote: I swear to god, I wish people on this list would stop talking out of their asses. The reason big businesses run Solaris is the same reason

Re: OT: Solaris vs. Linux vs. FreeBSD

2001-07-01 Thread Adam McKenna
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 02:08:33PM -0400, Stuart Krivis wrote: Sun has contributed to the Open Source community. I also notice that much of the money being made on open source software is in the support arena. Isn't that what RedHat is selling these days? Sun contributes just enough to make

OT: Solaris vs. Linux vs. FreeBSD

2001-06-30 Thread Steve Fulton
Wrong sorry. Actually the reason why most companies choose to have Solaris, Is that Wall Street (If your in the US and a technology company wanting to go public) will look at the OS that your company uses and it does have some effect on what your IPO is going to be. I'd disagree with

Re: OT: Solaris vs. Linux vs. FreeBSD

2001-06-30 Thread Adam McKenna
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 03:53:59PM -0400, Steve Fulton wrote: Wrong sorry. Actually the reason why most companies choose to have Solaris, Is that Wall Street (If your in the US and a technology company wanting to go public) will look at the OS that your company uses and it does have