Re: Serious question (not trolling)

[Yuri K <koroby398@ifrance.com>]

> I just finished reading an article that said (I'll paraphrase, see
> article URL below) Sun Microsystems is going to incorporate Linux into
> its "high-end" offerings (currently they offer it only on their "low
> end" Cobalt appliances). This move is seen by industry prognosticators
> as a signal that Sun might be moving away from Solaris, and toward
> being a developer/contributor/distributor for Linux. Sun's move kind of
> parallels what IBM has already done wrt Linux.
> 
> Another interesting stat quoted in this article was how Linux has
> affected the "market share" of the various OSs: according to IDC both
> Linux and Windows have increased market share (server deployments)...
> the loser in the market share is: (other) Unix. The numbers:
> 
> Linux - up to 32% from 27%
> Windows - up to 47% from  41%
> (other) Unix - down to 10% from 14%
> 
> I'm not posting this stir up controversy, or to kick off another
> religious flame war (forewarning to those who will try to steer it in
> that direction). I'm really interested in hearing what others think
> about the "Linux trend", and how it may affect OpenBSD.
> 
> Jay Moore 
> 
> Article URL:
> http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,50311,00.html?tw=wn20020209

So, do you need a serious answer? Is it possible? Will the answer change
your life? Linux is not better than Solaris, and Linux is better than
Solaris.
Depends. Sun hoped that everybody's dog will buy unproportionally overpriced
albeit very good hardware. As for IBM, do you really believe their claim
that they recovered their 1B investment in Linux? Market doesn't even
believe they invested that much - looks like every big Co is cooking their
books nowadays. So far, in the futures pits they view the shift as an
indicator of heavy losses by a business. Market forces at work. In the
meantime Olympics are run on ~5000 boxes with W98 and NT 4. Can you believe
that? The IT manager responsible for the operation called this "a
conservative approach".