Mickos, As New Sun Exec: Linux Will Stay In LAMP (InformationWeek) [LWN.net]

Mickos, As New Sun Exec: Linux Will Stay In LAMP (InformationWeek)

Posted Apr 10, 2008 22:31 UTC (Thu) by mheily (subscriber, #27123)
Parent article: Mickos, As New Sun Exec: Linux Will Stay In LAMP (InformationWeek)

I was reading a Sun whitepaper about logical domains (LDOMs) and noticed that they mentioned running Linux systems as guests on SPARC hardware alongside of Solaris guests. They had three classes of systems "enterprise application", "enterprise database", and "web". Of these three classes, Solaris was used to run the "enterprise" stuff, while Linux was used to run the new open-source web stuff.

Perhaps their strategy is to position themselves as both the Enterprise Unix vendor and an Open-Source *nix vendor. Since Solaris is free (as in beer), and Sun makes most of their money on hardware and support contracts, it makes sense to support multiple operating systems. They even support running Windows on their x86-based servers.

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Mickos, As New Sun Exec: Linux Will Stay In LAMP (InformationWeek)

Posted Apr 10, 2008 23:03 UTC (Thu) by einstein (subscriber, #2052) [Link]

> They even support running Windows on their x86-based servers

Ah, has it come to that? The poor devils, they must be desperate....

Poor devils?

Posted Apr 10, 2008 23:40 UTC (Thu) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648) [Link]

Just curious, to whom are you referring to when you mention "poor devils"?

AFAIK you can currently run Windows on an x86 architecture inside a virtual machine in Linux, so it seems Sun's white paper is making a redundant statement.

Different topic: Did anyone notice the troll-like comment from username "TIM" on the InformationWeek article? Quote:

What's with you guys freaks of Linux's???? Linux is nothing to me!!! Even if the world embrace LINUX I guartee you that I WILL NEVER GO THAT WAY [sic].

Fine. With an attitude like that, Linux users don't want you coming this way, either.

Poor devils?

Posted Apr 11, 2008 1:27 UTC (Fri) by einstein (subscriber, #2052) [Link]

> Just curious, to whom are you referring to when you mention "poor devils"?

I was referring to the "they" in the sentence just above my statement. In other words, Sun.

Their current position, wherein they are playing nicely with microsoft, reminds me of a
similar situation with SGI, who once owned the high end desktop. They also fell on hard times,
and flirted with microsoft. a sad story indeed.

Poor devils?

Posted Apr 17, 2008 17:07 UTC (Thu) by lysse (subscriber, #3190) [Link]

> Did anyone notice the troll-like comment from username "TIM" on the InformationWeek article?

I suspect that's probably a parody...

Mickos, As New Sun Exec: Linux Will Stay In LAMP (InformationWeek)

Posted Apr 11, 2008 0:42 UTC (Fri) by jordanb (subscriber, #45668) [Link]

So in other words.. their strategy is a photocopy of IBM's strategy?

Mickos, As New Sun Exec: Linux Will Stay In LAMP (InformationWeek)

Posted Apr 11, 2008 17:02 UTC (Fri) by larryr (guest, #4030) [Link]

So in other words.. their strategy is a photocopy of IBM's strategy?

In that market/space/sector, described at that level of detail, it seems to me like that is consistent with what their strategies have been since at least the dotcom era, and a natural strategy for any company with their resources. I suppose if Toyota has a strategy of providing light trucks, SUVs, minivans, and compact and mid-size sedans, through a network of dealerships which also provide parts and service, their strategy could be described as a photocopy of Ford's, but I think it would be specious to say that.

Larry@Riedel.org