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To: neb52
I see this as the same as IBM embracing Linux a few years back. It insures that IBM hardware continues to get used in the entry and mid level server market, which helps keep the manufacturing cost of the PowerPC chip down. Otherwise they would have be relegated to being just a high end server manufacturer.

That could well be. I'm not sure how well that will work out though. Have you ever tried to install Solaris on an Intel box? I did several years ago and it was disappointing to say the least. You basically ended up with an OS. Even such basic tools as gzip had to be installed separately. Kinda reminded me of what you end up with once you install a Microsoft OS. I don't know if that is still true, but for low-end systems, it was definitely easier to install Linux as so many of the really useful tools were bundled with it. On the plus side, you can now install KDE and/or Gnome for Solaris. CDE was the Worst Window Manager Ever.

11 posted on 01/30/2006 11:21:12 AM PST by zeugma (Muslims are varelse...)
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I had some experience with Solaris 9 and recently tried to load 10, was told I needed at least 400MB of RAM to run the graphic installer :( (I have 256MB in my test box).


12 posted on 01/30/2006 11:45:31 AM PST by neb52
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