Hi All,
Unless I was out and missed it, we don't seem to have said much here on this story:
http://www.sun.com/2002-0206/linux/
'Sun broadens support for Linux: aggressive new program expands the role of Linux on entry-level servers'
Apart from our natural distaste at the deployment of the word 'aggressive' where 'vigorous' or 'active' was meant, are we quiet because no-one knows, or because no-one thinks it will make much difference?
Sun don't say anything too much about what Linux they mean, and there's a strong emphasis on developing the Cobalt 'appliance' type machine, but they also promise:
'Sun will ship for the first time a full implementation of Linux on a new line of general-purpose servers aimed at providing "edge" services to environments such as workgroups and remote offices. New single- and multiprocessor systems, to be announced mid-year, will use the x86 architecture and be capable of running thousands of Linux applications natively.'
I assume SuSE is not directly involved? Certainly KDE fans won't be specially pleased to find that:
'GNOME, the most advanced Linux user environment, will become the preferred desktop for Solaris when GNOME 2.0 begins shipping later this year.'
though SuSE's SPARC port is mentioned. Lineo (who they?) are afforded a signficant role.
This strategic turn presumably goes with the (quiet if not positively furtive) dropping of the Solaris x86 OS for i386 architecture, a product
I may have mentioned before the very nice office suite that Sun says will be out (almost surely free) in April or May. I saw the Star Office 6 demo at LinuxWorld, and if it does what they demonstrated, it will be super-duper. It's supposed to be available acroos the OS board--Windows, Linux, Unix, probably Mac. I think, but I'm not sure, that Sun is expecting RedHat to be the "Linux of Choice." However, if all the companies are lining up for the Linux Standard*, it shouldn't matter. --doug *I forget what the real name of the Linux Standard is. At 14:16 02/11/2002 +0000, Fergus Wilde wrote: that
certainly had its uses, if only for those wanting to play on a 'junior version' of Solaris as practice for big Sun machines.
Much is made of Sun's renewed commitment to the 'open source community', which can't be all bad.
My apologies if this has all been dealt with while I was in a coma, but if that's not the case, what do people think?
Best Fergus
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