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Screw Sun

Posted Jul 31, 2003 15:49 UTC (Thu) by sandy_pond (guest, #9734)
In reply to: Screw Sun by fx
Parent article: Sun Sees Road To Prosperity Paved With Its Own Products (TechWeb)

Ahh ... some of the other failing proprietary UNIX platforms. Like I said in another post: "Hopefully they'll continue to remember why UNIX failed to become the dominant platform it could have become. Unless they want to hand the remainder of the business computing market over to MS they will continue to play nice."

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Screw Sun

Posted Jul 31, 2003 17:37 UTC (Thu) by fx (guest, #12077) [Link]

Eeeh... proprietary UNIX *is* the dominant platform in the business computing market. It has been for a while and SUN is leading the pack.
I do think however MS should have been destroyed by the legal system and the fact that that hasn't happened might have serious consequences for UNIX or Linux in the long run.

Screw Sun

Posted Jul 31, 2003 20:39 UTC (Thu) by walterbyrd (guest, #11620) [Link]

There are three companies who's primary business is proprietary UNIX: SCOX, SUNW, and SGI. Take a look at their finacial fundamentals, then you tell me.

IBM and HP are big UNIX companies, but IBM and HP are also very diversified.

Screw Sun

Posted Aug 2, 2003 10:56 UTC (Sat) by fx (guest, #12077) [Link]

Tell you what in fact? I fail to see the point here.