Perhaps theres a sizeable body of customers who have apps written and deployed for solaris. The cost of moving and certifying existing apps is often something e

Perhaps theres a sizeable body of customers who have apps written and deployed for solaris. The cost of moving and certifying existing apps is often something enterprises like to avoid. Furthermore Oracle is expected to push to make the individual bits of Sun more profitable which means existing customers might feel squeezed in various ways. Combined both of the above facts mean that there is a sizeable body of customers willing to pay for solaris based support / products and who might be open to an alternative to the Oracle solaris distribution and support. One last point - some companies with established products find linux to be a fast moving target and the relative stability of the solaris kernel interfaces is considered a good thing.