Sun's Open-Source Solaris

I can't wait to use it!

Wait, I've already used Sol 10 in limited quantities.

Scott -- listen very closely -- maybe after a few years of "innovative improvement" by the currently fledgling (some might even use the words "non-existent" here) Solaris "community", you'll have something on par with Linux.

That would be a good thing (tm), by the way. You're going to need a diplomat like Torvalds running it to really be effective.

Let's suppose all of this materializes, and things start happening.

Maybe then I'll forgive you for all of the lame things you've said about Linux along the way ;)

Good luck! --FeriCyde

I use Solaris 9.0 to do my laundry...I hope that it still will with 10 :P

Devnet I really hope ifwe ever meet I am upwind? Using Slowaris for laundry? ewww.

Open Solaris lacks -- broad hardware support, lot's of everyday software, and a community of people.

Linux lacks -- refinement(sorry but the edges need polishing)

Why Open Solaris won't pose much of a threat for a while. it's simple really. The features Sun touts the loudest ZFS, and Dtrace aren't used by everybody, in fact DTrace would only be used b developers. ZFS is only useful for servers with large databases.

So Open Solaris will only stem the tide of Sun Servers being converted to Linux. It might even grow a bit, but don't expect a massive takeover.

Not the toilet? I thought it had an optimized flush(); system call...

Paul,

I think the flush() system call is right, but you have to pipe the output :) ewww...

Peragrin, ZFS is the one truly kewl thing about the New More Kewler Solaris. If it ever actually ships with ZFS. It puts filesystems in userspace, which opens up all kinds of possibilities for user management, volume management, virtual hosting, and it does away with disk partitions. and other stuff which this blog entry explains better than I can:

http://blogs.sun.com/roller/comments/ahrens/Weblog/what_is_z...

Not that I'm going to dash out and get Solaris 10 just to get ZFS. :P Doing anything with Sun feels like one of those deals where your mom says later "But you knew he was crazy when you started dating him."