Re: [ba-ohs-talk] Fwd: Linux at Sun: The Big Push
Sight unseen, I have to agree with your assessment. Only lack of
space and time keep me from getting one. (01)
The combination of a great GUI that learned a few lessons from
Windows, a great object-oriented programming api that learned a
few lessons from NeXT, and a great scripting-shell that learned
a few lessons from Unix, all add up to a developer's dream. (02)
The only thing I didn't like was the inability to set up tcsh as the
default shell. Can you confirm or deny that? (03)
Jack Park wrote: (04)
> FYI...
> Playing with OS X on my son's G4 Mac suggests to me that Apple might be
> sitting on a great OS. Unix inside a proven interface. If they were to
> move OS X to Intel boxes, as Cringley suggested (my earlier forward), then
> I wonder how Linux and Solaris would fare...
>
> Cheers
> Jack
>
> >UNIX INSIDER --- February 19, 2002
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> >HIGHLIGHTS
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> >* Is Sun's renewed interest in Linux an effort to revive their current
> > Linux offerings or an aggressive new commitment to the open-source
> > operating system?
> ><snip>
> >Linux at Sun: The Big Push
> >By Susan Levi Wallach
> >
> >Linux is no longer Unix's poor cousin at Sun Microsystems. The Santa
> >Clara, CA computing giant has announced a big push of the open-source
> >operating system, beginning now.
> >
> >To start, Sun will ship a full Linux implementation. Then, it will
> >expand its line of Sun Cobalt Linux appliances and introduce a family
> >of low-end general-purpose Linux/x86-based systems. And Sun intends to
> >be more of a presence in the Linux community by making freely available
> >key components of Solaris.
> >
> >Sun's move looks, in part, like an effort to put new wrapping on an old
> >package. Linux already plays a large part in Sun's strategy, though
> >perhaps not clearly articulated as such. After all, Solaris 8 runs
> >Linux applications, many of Sun's software products also run on Linux,
> >and Linux runs native on the Sparc platform. Moreover, Sun has a
> >history of open-source support at various levels, including
> >participation in such projects as OpenOffice.org, Gnome.org,
> >Mozilla.org, Apache.org, NetBeans.org, X.org, WBEMsource Initiative,
> >the University of Michigan NFS version 4 Linux port, the Grid Engine
> >Project, and Project JXTA.
> >
> >Nonetheless, Sun's announcement does mark a more aggressive commitment
> >to Linux. For example, Sun says that it will now deliver built-in Linux
> >compatibility in key programming interfaces, commands and utilities,
> >and user environments. Also coming is the Linux Compatibility Assurance
> >Toolkit (LinCAT), which will make ensuring that Linux applications run
> >on its Sun Fire servers much simpler. And Sun announced that Solaris 9,
> >now in early access, will feature even more built-in Linux commands,
> >utilities, and interfaces.
> >
> >According to Herb Hinstorff, group marketing manager in Sun's operating
> >environment group, "It's not just one little thing here and one little
> >thing there. The strategy is one of using the products we have now --
> >the compatibility built into Solaris and the offering in appliances --
> >to really bring together the Java, Linux, and XML communities and be
> >viewed as a true contributor, to really get credit for all the energies
> >we've have and continue to put into Linux."
> >
> >About the author(s)
> >-------------------
> >Susan Levi Wallach is an editor and analyst and has been covering
> >information technology since the days of Babbage. Susan can be reached
> >at slw@pablo.com.
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> >ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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> >Sun Gives Linux an Equal Billing
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> >Open Source Grows as a Threat to Proprietary Software
> >http://ui.unixinsider.com/GoNow/a14724a52737a76283601a1
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> >Linux Appeal Grows Despite Obstacles
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> >Big Iron and Open Source Join Forces
> >http://ui.unixinsider.com/GoNow/a14724a52737a76283601a4
> >
> >Sun aggressively broadens support for Linux
> >http://ui.unixinsider.com/GoNow/a14724a52737a76283601a3
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