I don't think he's so much slagging people off as stating his opinion. Solaris (along with IRIX, AIX etc.) have been criticised for being closed, proprietary systems that don't interoperate by users of Linux, who follow the "open source, open standards" line. This is a fantasy, as it's possible to implement nonstandard software in open source and it's also possible to completely follow standards in closed software. Many of the UNIX standards in use today - NFS, Motif, X11, OpenStep, SUS... - Sun has had a hand in designing or steering (as well as open hardware standards such as SPARC).
Disclosure: when it comes to Solaris vs. Linux, I use both. Along with a few other systems<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:-)
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Posted by: Graham Lee on June 17, 2004 03:30 PMI don't think he's so much slagging people off as stating his opinion. Solaris (along with IRIX, AIX etc.) have been criticised for being closed, proprietary systems that don't interoperate by users of Linux, who follow the "open source, open standards" line. This is a fantasy, as it's possible to implement nonstandard software in open source and it's also possible to completely follow standards in closed software. Many of the UNIX standards in use today - NFS, Motif, X11, OpenStep, SUS... - Sun has had a hand in designing or steering (as well as open hardware standards such as SPARC).
Disclosure: when it comes to Solaris vs. Linux, I use both. Along with a few other systems<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:-)
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