[kevkrom]

Given my experience with IBM’s solutions and pricing policies, I’d say yes. I’d choose Solaris over IBM pretty much any day of the week simply because it scales better and more cheaply.

[Hardastarboard]

IMHO, IBM screwed up seriously by letting Sun go, and by giving Oracle this entry to the marketplace. What remains to be seen is whether Oracle can make Sun's struggling server business work. Oracle hasn't had any experience, to my knowledge, selling hardware.

Or maybe they get smart and just spin it off or kill it. Who knows.