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Actually IBM global services will give you the same number of nines on a Linux or a Solaris box.

Show me any reference from IBM that shows Linux running at 5x9's on any other hardware than exorbitantly priced mainframe hardware.

And we have mission critical Databse servers running Linux, we have had no unscheduled outages in a year.

Linux database servers simply haven't proven their worth yet. In time, possibly. But not yet. No vendor even wants to commit Linux to TPC benchmarks.

I like solaris and for me it is a per situation basis onto which one I would use. If I were to replace a mainframe with a Oracle/J2EE solution I would go with Solaris..

In a mission-critical situation, I'd only go with Solaris. Linux just ain't there yet.

Show me any reference from IBM that shows Linux running at 5x9's on any other hardware than exorbitantly priced mainframe hardware.

Odly enough I am not allowed to post contracts with IBM to an internet post, something about confidentiality. The resot of your post was nothing but opinion..