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Is Sun Solaris on its deathbed? (New York Times)Is Sun Solaris on its deathbed? (New York Times)Posted Sep 26, 2008 8:20 UTC (Fri) by trasz (guest, #45786)In reply to: Is Sun Solaris on its deathbed? (New York Times) by rahvin Parent article: Is Sun Solaris on its deathbed? (New York Times)
You might not have noticed, but IBM's position on Linux changed somewhat in the last years. Now it's just a AIX for the poor, with a lower functionality, performance, features etc, but free. Go speak with their sales.
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Is Sun Solaris on its deathbed? (New York Times) Posted Sep 26, 2008 13:49 UTC (Fri) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link]
Maybe I am naïve, but I presume sales will always say dumb things that are half truths and there is no avoiding it. Do you know if this view is reflected by actions taken by other departments/groups?
Is Sun Solaris on its deathbed? (New York Times) Posted Sep 26, 2008 22:41 UTC (Fri) by trasz (guest, #45786) [Link]
By other groups, do you mean engineering? No idea, I don't have any contact with these. What I do see is a shift from _sales_ trying to make clients migrate from AIX to Linux to _sales_ saying "actually, AIX is better".
Is Sun Solaris on its deathbed? (New York Times) Posted Sep 27, 2008 2:32 UTC (Sat) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link]
I meant engineering, professional services, product management, corporate officers.. anything!
Basically I view sales as completely unreliable.
If I were IBM's strategic planners, I would invest significantly in Linux but continue to charge a premium for AIX, which might result in sales saying AIX is better -- but this is just a theory, I don't know anything.
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