RE: [TCLUG:2581] Interesting Linux articles

["Schlough, Mark" <Mark.Schlough@nmb.norwest.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Shawn T . Amundson [SMTP:amundson@gimp.org]
> Sent:	Monday, December 07, 1998 11:19 AM
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> Subject:	Re: [TCLUG:2581] Interesting Linux articles
> 
> On Sun, Dec 06, 1998 at 11:50:44AM -0600, Christopher Palmer wrote:
> > [snip Linux vs. Sun articles]
> > 
> > I've been hearing about this for a while. Even before Linux came
> around,
> > the commercial Unix vendors were just cannibalizing each other for
> that
> > puny bit of marketshare they collectively have. With free software
> kernels
> > on the scene, there's just no reason to ever buy/use the commercial
> stuff
> > (although Solaris is said to be the most stable of OSs). Maybe this
> will
> > cause Sun and other commercial vendors to release their source, or
> at
> > least open up Java (which would be great).
> 
> There are still plenty of reasons for larger corporations to use
> Solaris instead of Linux.  Solaris can run on 64 processor machines
> for example, and Linux doesn't even come close to that.  Soon that
> number will be 1024 processors.  Oracle also runs very well on the
> Solaris/SPARC platform, much better than on Linux.
> 
> Another thing to consider is corporations buy from Sun because 
> it has extremely good hardware support.  No one using Solaris on 
> high-end SPARC hardware is going to get too anxious to switch to
> Linux on x86 anytime soon.
	[Schlough, Mark]   MS outleak  "UGH"

	Considering that Sun gets at least a third ( more like 45%) of
its revenue from the lowest of the three tiers of hardware sales.  [This
stat was quoted on slashdot last week] This is a siginificant issue.  In
other words, when you break Sun's hardware sales and break it into three
tiers (High, medium & Low)  the low end makes up about 40-45% of Sun's
sales.  I think it's safe to say that those machines have around 1-4
Processors.  [I'm estimating here....tell me if I WAAAY off.]    Linux
could take a significant bite out of this portion of Sun's business.

	Sure,  Linux's SMP pales in comparison Sun's SMP.   The question
is, how much revenue stream comes from Sun machines that are out of
Linux's current SMP/ Hardware reach?  Does this leave enough room for
Sun?   I think the jury is still out.

	Dunno,

	Mark

> Of course, Linux is the best platform for workstations and low cost
> servers.
> 
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> Shawn T. Amundson               
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