Re: Sparc Solaris better than x86 Solaris?
From: CJT (abujlehc_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 01/31/05
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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:20:17 GMT
Thufir wrote:
> "It launched a counterattack by pushing server computers that run on
> cheaper
> Intel and AMD chips, but it hasn't really been working the way Sun
> hoped.
> Analysts estimate that about 65% of the servers it ships running
> Intel's and
> AMD's x86 processors are powered by Linux rather than Solaris. Making
> Solaris
> Open source may help out a little bit, but analysts say one thing
> that's
> holding back Solaris-on-X86 chips is that it isn't as good as the
> version of
> Solaris that runs on Sun's Sparc processor. Open-sourcing the operating
> system
> doesn't fix that."
>
> <http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/00000026.htm>
>
>
> What's meant by "...it [Solaris] isn't as good as the version of
> Solaris that
> runs on Sun's Sparc processor?"
>
>
> --
> Thufir Hawat
>
It probably means the journalist doesn't understand his subject matter.
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