[Info-vax] OT: IBM Offering $9-10 Per Share for Sun

[Neil Rieck]

On Apr 6, 7:52 pm, Arne Vajhøj <a... at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> ChrisQ wrote:
> > To get back on topic, Solaris runs very successfully on X86 and is
> > arguably the most capable and fully featured unix around now. Added to
> > which it's free to use. With all the open sources linux etc code running
> > on Solaris, who in their right mind would want to run Linux anymore
> > anyway, except to hack with, especially if you consider the support
> > costs ?...
>
> If you look out in the real world then you will see:
> - the number of Solaris system shrinking
> - the number of Linux systems exploding
>
> Apparently a lot of people see it different than you.
>
> Arne

Oops! I just heard on the radio that the deal has fallen through.

NSR