FYI your link is from last summer. We're now past Thanksgiving, and the preferred platform is now Solaris.
Face it, a lot of people don't like Linux. It's causing partnerships once before unthinkable, like microsoft/sun, microsoft/palm, and apple/intel. And yes, since you seem far far behind on current events, those partnerships have recently happened.
"Face it, a lot of people don't like Linux."
If Linux is so unpopular, how could it have the clout to cause all the partnerships you're citing?
"FYI your link is from last summer. We're now past Thanksgiving, and the preferred platform is now Solaris. "
Explain what "preferred" means to Oracle customers. Is it better supported? No. Is it cheaper? No. Come with more features? No. It's a marketing gimmick between Sun and Oracle, and that's it. Meanwhile, Oracle hasn't lessened it's commitment to ANY platform. While you're at it, answer this... Why is a UNIX... not Windows... Oracle's preferred platform? cough cough. Hint - "preferred platform" is meaningless.
"It's causing partnerships once before unthinkable, like microsoft/sun, microsoft/palm, and apple/intel. And yes, since you seem far far behind on current events, those partnerships have recently happened."
Again - If Linux is so unpopular, how could it have the clout to cause all the partnerships you're citing?
Sun/Microsoft - not because of Linux, but because their customers want them to be interoperable.
Microsoft/Palm - there are 2 Palm companies since Palm split its hardware and software business. One new palm phone will come with the Windows OS, while the software side was bought by Access Technologies who is an experienced Linux developer. The 2 palms are also still working together.
Apple/Intel - No idea how you're relating this to Linux. Apple is moving to lower cost hardware. They've made platform switches before. Dunno how you're relating this one to Linux.
I pay attention to the news, bucko, just not when some 2-bit leftist web organ owned by gun grabbing UN loving lieberal Bill Gates is sold to the gun grabbing UN loving lieberal Washington Compost. Birds of a feather.
You're not even a conservative. You don't post on any threads other than Microsoft/Linux/OSS threads. None. Nada. I just looked at nearly 2 months of your recent posting history. Every thread was open source software or linux or microsoft. Period. Golden Eagle? More like One Trick Pony.
preferred platform is now Solaris.. You keep leaving out the 64 bit part..
Between that and the 'hundreds of kernel developers' you really are working overtime to twist the truth on this thread..
And....fat, dumb and happy companies forced to compete for the market against a competitive newcomer is bad how, exactly?
PS: Apple/Intel was about IBM's production capabilities (or lack thereof) and their difficulties making a fast and energy-efficient processor for laptops. Linux didn't have d*ck to do with it.