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I put better in quotes because Linux-on-x86 wasn't the technologically better choice in the early 00s; but it was the much cheaper, yet viable option and had be
by sangnoir 5y ago
I put better in quotes because Linux-on-x86 wasn't the technologically better choice in the early 00s; but it was the much cheaper, yet viable option and had better ROI for many SMEs. Sun lingered in organizations with bigger budgets and had the expertise to appreciate it, but Linux had the momentum; most of the new server-side was Linux-first.
It wasn't just Sun that suffered, but all of big iron.
- smm11 5y agoNeXT was very expensive, and better, but not enough to bypass the price. Sun was the same. Expensive, better, but better enough? Apple is much the same. VR might take them, and Google down.