Re: Any major differences between Solaris and HP-UX?

From: Stefaan A Eeckels (tengo_at_DELETEMEecc.lu)
Date: 08/15/05

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    On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:49:03 +0100
    Sean <snm_uk@coldmail.com> wrote:

    > On the Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:34:00 +0200, Stefaan A Eeckels uttered forth
    > the following...
    >
    > TBH I didn't really see the point in you doing this as the company have
    > already made a decision so it seems to move to HP.

    They can still reconsider - if they indeed want to switch everything
    to HP-UX with a single Solaris-savvy admin to carry the whole process.

    > I did forget the smiley after the reseller bit though. :)

    Noted.

    > >
    > Again I guess it's all supposition as to what the OP's needs really are
    > but I am yet to find an organisation that runs UNIX on all it's desktops

    Sometimes you just _need_ Windows (like our on-line banking program,
    which is the worst of the Windows programs I ever was forced to
    support). But with the increasing use of Web Applications, the
    availability of cheap, reasonably compatible alternatives to MS-Office,
    and the never-ending risk of worms and viruses in Microsoft's core
    applications, the business case becomes more and more compelling. With
    most Windows PCs running nothing more than Office, a browser and an
    email client, replacing them with Linux or Solaris 10 PCs with
    OpenOffice/StarOffice, Firefox and a decent email program is almost a
    no-brainer (especially if the servers run on the same OS).

    > apart from some who have gone to Linux, which of course isn't a UNIX OS.
    > :)

    It might not be the same code base, but it sure is a Unix variant.
    Unless special care is taken to write for Linux alone (and/or gcc
    alone), source code is quite portable between Linux and the "real"
    Unixen. There are more differences between AIX and Solaris than between
    Solaris and Linux. But of course you knew that :)

    > Any offence taken wasn't intended.

    OK, I'll remove you from the "clueless HP-UX fanatic" category :-)

    Take care, 

    -- 
Stefaan
-- 
As complexity rises, precise statements lose meaning,
and meaningful statements lose precision. -- Lotfi Zadeh
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