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I'm willing to bet that your percentages are off. I would say at least 85% of the folks around here use Linux on their servers, with a 1-5% using a BSD and the
by amerine 17y ago
I'm willing to bet that your percentages are off. I would say at least 85% of the folks around here use Linux on their servers, with a 1-5% using a BSD and the 1-14% using Windows. Solaris (read OpenSolaris) filling in the gaps within the fluctuations above.. which is a shame, there is some really cool technology in OpenSolaris/Solaris 10.
- cmelbye 17y agoI think your predictions are pretty accurate. I would use Solaris because it does have a lot of cool features (Solaris zones being one of the most interesting to me), but I'm unsure about the licensing situation, so I've held off for now.
- cturner 17y agoThe thing that has always impressed me about Solaris is its well-roundedness. Not the user-environment, which compares badly to typical linux and BSD setups (svrV vs BSD kludge; standard install lacks lots of useful tools; dev tools and libraries less likely to have support). Rather, the mechanisms that bind it to the hardware, and allow you to do types of control and monitoring that aren't feasible with linux/freebsd stuff. Solaris has had that close-to-the-hardware advantage.