[Info-vax] HP to distribute Solaris

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <Kskrl.8148$jZ1.1649 at flpi144.ffdc.sbc.com>,
	Michael Austin <maustin at firstdbasource.com> writes:
> IanMiller wrote:
>> On 3 Mar, 13:40, "John Smith \(not the one @ HP\)" <a... at nonymous.com>
>> wrote:
>>> http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/unix_linux/showArticle.j...
>> 
>> 
>> Press release from last month http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2009/090225xa.html
>> 
>> I guess this deal could sell more HP systems :-)
> 
> 
> All I have to say is - RUN FORREST RUN!!!!!!
> 
> The context switching of Solaris is still horrendous.  It does not seem 
> to have improved over the last 20 years at all...  it is still crap. 
> (and I have a VERY large DW that can prove it...)

Solaris hasn't been around for 20 years.  SunOS, their offering prior
to jumping on the (badly flawed) System V bandwagon was a very good
implementation of BSD with a lot of promise.  But as we all know all
too well, technical superiority is not what decides the winner in the
marketplace.

bill


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