<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> to play devils' advocate... why would Sun need to? they are playing the M$ game of sorts; "flood all UNIX workstations with Slowaris and software will follow...". you dont see much commercial software binaries for Linux/Alpha (never mind Tru64), although that seems to be changing! now only if i can get my DRM enabled mp3 player to work on linux i would have no need for M$ at all. Hoover, Tony wrote: <blockquote cite="mid94815222D9696E4EB1B7B81639866FCD79403C@norge.sal.ksu.edu" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Just thinking out loud. With all the hype Sun is throwing into their "open" inititive, They haven't ever (to my recollection) stated what advantages (if any) solaris has over Linux. I figured that folks on this list might have some compelling answers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Hoover, Network Administrator KSU - Salina, College of Technology and Aviation (785) 826-2660 "Don't Blend in..." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:axp-list-bounces@redhat.com">axp-list-bounces@redhat.com</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:axp-list-bounces@redhat.com">mailto:axp-list-bounces@redhat.com</a>] On Behalf Of Michael Huntingdon Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 4:55 PM To: Linux on Alpha processors; 'axp-list@redhat. com' ('<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:axp-list@redhat.com">axp-list@redhat.com</a>') Subject: Re: Waaaay OT: OpenSolaris Why would anyone...especially in education consider this over Tru64 on Alpha? At 02:10 PM 6/24/2005, Hoover, Tony wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Can someone tell me what advantages a "REAL" Unix kernel like OpenSolaris has over Linux? Has anyone else thought of compiling OpenSolaris on Alpha? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Hoover, Network Administrator KSU - Salina, College of Technology and Aviation (785) 826-2660 "Don't Blend in..." --------------------------------------------------------------------------- </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">- </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> _______________________________________________ axp-list mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:axp-list@redhat.com">axp-list@redhat.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/axp-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/axp-list</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> _______________________________________________ axp-list mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:axp-list@redhat.com">axp-list@redhat.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/axp-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/axp-list</a> _______________________________________________ axp-list mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:axp-list@redhat.com">axp-list@redhat.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/axp-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/axp-list</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>