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Maybe I'm just out of the loop but, this kind of struck me out of left field. All in all, I think this is aimed to keep Oracle competitive with Microsoft outsi
by j_baker 18y ago
Maybe I'm just out of the loop but, this kind of struck me out of left field. All in all, I think this is aimed to keep Oracle competitive with Microsoft outside the database realm. Now, just like MS, they control the Operating System (Oracle's Linux is no match for Solaris), the language, and the database. Plus, they have the added bonus of controlling the hardware too!
- nailer 18y ago"Now, just like MS, they control the Operating System (Oracle's Linux is no match for Solaris), " Really? The telco and finance industries that were all Sun based in the mid 90s have dumped most of their Solaris for Linux. Startups are still predominantly Linux. Where's Solaris growing?
- blasdel 18y agoThe only thing I can think of is http://joyent.com/ http://joyent.com/ Initially they were a FreeBSD shop, I think Sun gave them heavy subsidies to switch to OpenSolaris on Sun hardware. I'm not sure how much the sweetheart deal was relaxed as Joyent grew.