Comments on: Sun Solaris on its Deathbed – Claims Jim Zemlin

By: nowayjose

nowayjose — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:48:18 +0000

Anyone who thinks that linux is a drop-in replacement for solaris clearly doesn’t understand either one
different markets, different tools. they could be MADE to do each other’s job, but at great cost and great investment in future maintenance

By: soundar

soundar — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:55:38 +0000

i personally feel that sun solaris more compatible with oracle database.

By: pietari daemonna

pietari daemonna — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:30:15 +0000

Linux admins about solaris these days and they just curl up their noses… i dont think so… i am linux admin and i am slowly moving to solaris 10… it happened few times LVM crashed without reason, but nothing like that happened in ZFS… and mainly, DTrace is too good to not to use it… and doesnt matter if its on solaris or leopard… its about tools, not a label of OS… oh,yeah.. maybe u dont like solaris cant play movies… :)

By: Ali Ross

Ali Ross — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:04:29 +0000

I really dont see the point in Solaris any more. Years ago you chose a solid Unix platform like Solaris for it’s enterprise reliability and availability of software either off the shelf or even with the O/S it’s self. These days, Linux has eclipsed the expectations of all areas of what it originally set out to do and proves to be worthy enterprise class Unix-like operating system. People who use solaris just don’t like change, they haven’t worked out yet that Linux is just as stable and has just the same great software, but for generally no cost. It’s a slow migration, and it won’t be overnight, but Solaris is finished. I talk to new Linux admins about solaris these days and they just curl up their noses with disgust. Nobody likes it apart from the old-school. It’s time to move on.

By: Thomas Jreige

Thomas Jreige — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:18:19 +0000

I don’t really think that Solaris is on its death bed. There are so many institutions that are using this solid operating system. I would like to know how this conclusion was made.

By: D. Miles

D. Miles — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:58:52 +0000

Good point Dairenn Lombard. The look is very Linux like. It’s a big improvement over what they were using before.

By: Dairenn Lombard

Dairenn Lombard — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:10:29 +0000

Right, except the JDS is only called that for marketing purposes and is actually based on GNOME, not Java.

By: D. Miles

D. Miles — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:23:11 +0000

I have been using Solaris, and open Solaris running on virtual machines on my Linux box and I have found both of them solid and dependable.

I respectfully disagree with C.S. Prakash. The new Java based UI is a big improvement.

Personally I think it’s a good idea to have a variety of OS on a system. More tools, better overall security.

By: c.s.prakash

c.s.prakash — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:58:34 +0000

Solaris still remains as the innovative OS, Except User Interface.

By: Art Kufeldt

Art Kufeldt — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:41:47 +0000

Be careful about putting an OS or any piece of software in the grave. i.e. COBOL is still alive
and well! (:-)