Sun Says OpenSolaris Will Challenge Linux 405
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E5Rebel writes "Sun Microsystems has ambitious plans for the commercial and open source versions of its Solaris operating system. The company hopes to achieve for Solaris the kind of widespread uptake already enjoyed by Java. This means challenging Linux. 'There's an enormous momentum building behind Solaris,' according to Ian Murdock, chief operating platforms officer at Sun, who was chief technology officer of the Linux Foundation and creator of the Debian Linux distribution. Isn't it all a bit late?"
OpenSolaris (Score:5, Funny)
Won't a new one tear us,
Unless they first
Have Ballmer chair us,
Great documentation--
Now that could scare us.
Burma Shave
"Isn't it all a bit late?" (Score:5, Funny)
Re:unix, funny name (Score:2, Funny)
The Judean People's Front?
Re:unix, funny name (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Too late, too irrelevant (Score:1, Funny)
Re:unix, funny name (Score:2, Funny)
Wait a moment, I thought we were the People's Front for Judea?
Re:unix, funny name (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What is the platform? (Score:4, Funny)
Dr Tanenbaum, please come back.. all is forgiven [minix3.org]
Re:unix, funny name (Score:2, Funny)
The TV Ad (Score:3, Funny)
SATURDAYsaturday, at the WORLD SOFTWARE FEDERATION'S OPEN SOURCE WARS, see Son of Java take on the Mighty Herd of Penguins in a STEEL CAGE GRUDGE MATCH!
Watch as the up and coming challenger ROARS its defiance and CHARGES! Watch as the hoard of cute little defenders mass together TRANSFORMER-LIKE into the implacable foe we know and love!
Will OpenSolaris be able to take the away the WSF crown away from Tux?
Will the Penguin bide its time and then DESTROY the challenger with righteousness like it did with last week's challenger SCO?
Will the lumbering, slumbering giant from Redmond wake up and SPEW OLD CODE to join the fight or will it continue to snooze and pretend NOT TO NOTICE?
SATURDAYsaturday, see the UNMOVABLE FORCE take on the UNSTOPPABLE OBJECT at the OPEN SOFTWARE WARS from the WSF, where YOU the VIEWER are in... connnTROOOLLLLLLLL.........
(Offer not valid in any country according to Microsoft; side effects may include multiple reformattings, several competing discussion groups, too many vaporware announcements on Slashdot, flamewars, and paying different prices for different versions of free software; for external use only, your mileage may vary, do not taunt Happy Fun Ball).
Re:OpenSolaris (Score:2, Funny)
1:1:respawn:/etc/spagetty 9600 tty1
Re:unix, funny name (Score:3, Funny)
Re:OpenSolaris (Score:3, Funny)
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