pavelj wrote:
> Hi guys.
> I've read all the posts so far and I'm amazed.
> I work in the telecom industry for several years.
> ALL the telecom\cellular\ISP and other companies i know use solaris on
> more than 90% of their servers.

That's true. I Sweden the big telco company, E///, ships Sun and Solaris
systems all over the world. The stand for +50% of Sun sales in Sweden

> Some of you write that many ppl know only Solaris 7\8 and this is
> their perception of the Sun's os.
> It maybe true for some places. But the picture i see is very
> different. Sun has done a good job to push Solaris10.
> I also know many startups and and small companies that have moved to
> Solaris on x86. Mostly porting from Linux due to performance problems
> and scalability. There is no virtualisation method yet that has the
> same advantages and almost zero overhead like Zones.
> The problem is that few talk about it openly.
> I get the feeling that many ppl think that anything else than Linux is
> "uncool" for some reason.

And how cool is Linux, really? Hardy Heron hasn't any really new cool
features. They and stuck with providing minor updates and drivers and
nothing really cool is coming from there.

The Linux advocates should have a look at OpenSolaris 2008.05

> Despite what you say, i see a rising of Solaris in the next 3-4 years.
> I might even say it will replace Linux in many companies.
> You are right, Solaris is dying.
> But those are all the Solaris 7/8/9 boxes.
> Solaris 10 is rising, it sells more that REDHAT ! And i guess it
> haven't even reached 30% of it's commercial potential.
>
> BTW, i use OpenSolaris on my laptop and home PC.

Me too, since almost 3 years... (although I'm on my WinXP at the moment
to test VirtualBox and OpenSolaris in there)