On Wed, 07 May 2008 07:48:10 +1200, Ian Collins wrote:

> Ivan Marsh wrote:
>> On Tue, 06 May 2008 19:10:16 +0000, Thommy M. wrote:
>>> Ivan Marsh wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 06 May 2008 17:26:49 +0000, Thommy M. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> pavelj wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>> ...and you probably shouldn't compare a Linux distro that's targeted
>>>> at end-users to Solaris.
>>> Why not? Where's the big difference? OpenSolaris 2008.05 is really
>>> comparable to Hardy Heron IMHO.
>>
>> There is a considerable performance and stability difference between
>> Ubuntu and RHEL or Suse Enterprise Linux.
>>
> Solaris is Solaris, none of this "Enterprise" nonsense.

This is the inane discussion I've been talking about...

Solaris is an OS developed by a single company, so of course Solaris is
Solaris.

Linux, however, is developed, packaged and distributed by a multitude of
different companies, groups and individuals so, in the case of Linux,
"Enterprise" is in no way nonsense.

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