Anders Johansson wrote:
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Sun must be getting seriousley worried about Linux either that or it´s there back door way of CANNING Solaris and Switching to Linux ..
You mean like wine is a way to get people to can linux and switch to windows?
An excellent analogy. Perhaps they have some King Canute figure who has worked out the logic.
Anyway, this isn't exactly new. People have been able to run linux software in solaris for aeons. The only new part here is that they moved it into the kernel to get a little extra speed
You mean "lxrun", again only worked for x86 and not SPARC, seems like it's the hot iron to melt down Solaris further. Time is not on Sun's side, they still sell masses of boxes compared to many other manufacturers, but I have a feeling that won't last and it shows in their margins. There is one little Linux rack in a sea of Solaris boxes in a large computer room that they reckon benchmarks on their work as 4,000 times faster than a Sun E15K, made me proud to walk past it on my way to installing over 200 Solaris boxes - smallish - with Linux-skeptical colleagues, see http://linuxtoday.com/high_performance/2003050701526NWHESV. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====