Comments on: Stephen O’Grady covers the OpenSolaris debate http://www.michaeldolan.com/1115 Linux, Law, Open Source, and a Comedy of Errors Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:15:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alan Hargreaves http://www.michaeldolan.com/1115/comment-page-1#comment-13705 Alan Hargreaves Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:42:04 +0000 http://www.michaeldolan.com/1115#comment-13705 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/27/sun_ibm_solarisblade/ http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4269.html http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/IBM-backs-Sun-s-Solaris-renews-Java-pact/0,139023166,139199273,00.htm http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/x/solutions/os/solaris/ and that's only a smattering of results from throwing the keywords IBM and Solaris at google. Alan. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/27/sun_ibm_solarisblade/

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4269.html

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/IBM-backs-Sun-s-Solaris-renews-Java-pact/0,139023166,139199273,00.htm

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/x/solutions/os/solaris/

and that’s only a smattering of results from throwing the keywords IBM and Solaris at google.

Alan.

]]> By: James http://www.michaeldolan.com/1115/comment-page-1#comment-13661 James Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:16:31 +0000 http://www.michaeldolan.com/1115#comment-13661 Work is definitely being done to port Solaris to System Z: http://blogs.sun.com/marchamilton/entry/solaris_on_ibm_system_z and while it's Sine Nomine doing the porting, IBM is clearly happy to promote it: http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid80_gci1284280,00.html Work is definitely being done to port Solaris to System Z: http://blogs.sun.com/marchamilton/entry/solaris_on_ibm_system_z and while it’s Sine Nomine doing the porting, IBM is clearly happy to promote it: http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid80_gci1284280,00.html

]]> By: Patrick Aronnes http://www.michaeldolan.com/1115/comment-page-1#comment-13659 Patrick Aronnes Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:32:41 +0000 http://www.michaeldolan.com/1115#comment-13659 That's not what your salespeople are telling my employer - should I send my PO's elsewhere? I thought you guys are OEM'ing Solaris, and supporting it on your mainframes. Might want to get that straight, Michael, now I'm seriously confused - and PO's are going on hold. That’s not what your salespeople are telling my employer – should I send my PO’s elsewhere? I thought you guys are OEM’ing Solaris, and supporting it on your mainframes. Might want to get that straight, Michael, now I’m seriously confused – and PO’s are going on hold.

]]> By: md http://www.michaeldolan.com/1115/comment-page-1#comment-13655 md Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:41:46 +0000 http://www.michaeldolan.com/1115#comment-13655 ??? I think you're seriously misinformed "watching IBM embrace it"??? The only open source kernel IBM has embraced is the Linux kernel (IBM is #3 in code contributions). The greatest asset Linux has is the group - all the different ideas pouring in. Just look at x86 virtualization and all the options available today vs say 2 yrs ago. KVM for instance - very innovative solution, only in Linux... ??? I think you’re seriously misinformed “watching IBM embrace it”??? The only open source kernel IBM has embraced is the Linux kernel (IBM is #3 in code contributions).

The greatest asset Linux has is the group – all the different ideas pouring in. Just look at x86 virtualization and all the options available today vs say 2 yrs ago. KVM for instance – very innovative solution, only in Linux…

]]> By: Patrick Aronnes http://www.michaeldolan.com/1115/comment-page-1#comment-13651 Patrick Aronnes Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:26:23 +0000 http://www.michaeldolan.com/1115#comment-13651 Perhaps it is just me, but I am very excited to see Sun innovating in a competing kernel, and watching IBM embrace it. The groupthink surrounding Linux is one of its biggest failings. Perhaps it is just me, but I am very excited to see Sun innovating in a competing kernel, and watching IBM embrace it. The groupthink surrounding Linux is one of its biggest failings.

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