[TriLUG] interesting server stats

[Joseph E. ODoherty]

On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 11:22:00AM -0400, matusiak wrote:

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> efforts.  It is hard to beat the stability of Solaris on Sparc.  Linux 
> on x86 ain't far behind, tho.

While I am in no means disputing this, I've also had great experiences with
Linux on Sparc. There is something to be said for having good hardware...

/joeyo

> On Apr 7, 2005, at 10:41 AM, Marc M wrote:
> 
> >THere is a good writeup on both solaris and redhat in the latest eweek
> >magazine (I believe). I don't have it with me, but if I am remembering 
> >the
> >right article it is saying something about solaris being a lot more 
> >mature
> >than linux, and solaris 10 is regaining some ground. Interesting 
> >though that
> >sun is shipping a lot of linux boxes according to my OP. I thought 
> >they got
> >out of the Linux business entirely a while back.
> >
> >Marc
> >
> >
> >On Apr 7, 2005 9:56 AM, Greg Brown <gregbrown at mindspring.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>I wonder what kind of impact Solaris 10 is going to have on the 
> >>market.
> >>Every enterprise data center I've worked in over the past two years
> >>still has plenty of UNIX in the forms of AIX and Solaris. I see more
> >>Linux when I get to medium businesses (still mostly M$) then I see
> >>plenty of Linux on the small business side.
> >>
> >>Greg
> >>
> >>On Apr 7, 2005, at 9:03 AM, Marc M wrote:
> >>
> >>>I understand that Linux is suppossed to be at about 30% of the 
> >>>overall
> >>>server market within the next few years (correct me if I'm wrong on
> >>>this).
> >>>Looks like HP still has quite a stronghold for organizations that
> >>>really
> >>>just want to spend a lot of cash. On the other hand it looks like
> >>>Linux is
> >>>crushing Solaris in the x86 space.
> >>>http://h10038.www1.hp.com/content_detail.asp?
> >>>contentid=362&agencyid=1&jumpid=ex_R33_go/thinkagain_LOB|FED
> 

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