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Good article...
Sun is correct in that they don't need to battle Linux, they must battle the vendors and distros. Like it or not, when linux based distro start adding proprietary "pieces/parts" they become a proprietary company and will find themselves's in the traditional competitive arena where price/performance is king.

If Sun can make a deal with AMD and bring Solaris to the smaller servers at a competitive price, they will be VERY tough to beat. Ask anyone that has used it and they will tell you Solaris is an outstanding OS and no one understands network applications as well as Sun.

Should be interesting to watch...
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Good article...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/04
Non Sequitur  Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/10/04
Interesting Analysis  Peter Komisar | 06/10/04
Binary incompatibility?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/10/04
formatting  toadlife | 06/10/04
Links work happy  toadlife | 06/10/04
Test  P. Douglas | 06/11/04
Thanks! (NT)  P. Douglas | 06/11/04
Well...  P. Douglas | 06/11/04
correction  toadlife | 06/11/04
T  Linux User 147560 | 06/13/04
Great artical. And we really do need binary compatibility.  DonnieBoy | 06/10/04
Here I have to  Linux User 147560 | 06/13/04
Binary compatability only in a monopoly  Knorthern Knight | 06/10/04
Binary compatability on the same architecture IS important.  DonnieBoy | 06/10/04
Support is sometimes hard to get  amrs | 06/11/04
Reality Bites. wink  CDarklock | 06/11/04
Companies like Sun are not going away  toadlife | 06/11/04
I know what you mean.  computer_man | 06/14/04
Message has been deleted.  myfevertoy | 10/22/06
The Open Source Boogeyman  CDarklock | 06/11/04
Gee you must be right  Richard Flude | 06/12/04
How about up2date source  tgr4ripe | 06/11/04

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