> I don't think (despite what that dude from SGI said) that Sun is
> competing with Linux, nor do I beleive that it is their aim. Being a Sun
> employee myself (and no I don't speak for them) I can tell you this for
> certain.
Of course. Sun knows that it's money customers aren't interested in
Linux when they can have a well supported OS.
> > Basically, Sun is NO better than M$, it just happens to be smaller and
> > thus seen as the underdog.
>
> When's the last time you saw Sun bully smaller companies into selling out?
> Gimme a break.
SUN rocks. Solaris is the single best UNIX available right now.
Everyone knows that. I think their goal is to allow the linux kernel
hackers to check out their source. They know Linux is the biggest threat
to MS. The more popular Linux/UNIX gets, the better off they are.
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