On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 07:16:37PM +0200, Mike wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Personally i like both UNIX's.
> The better things in Solaris is that at the end you have a BIG company
> behind it.
Red Hat > $10,000,000,000 is big enough for me.
> The best thing about linux that it comes (usually) with lots of packages
> that a commertial distribution might won't come with them.
>
> More then that , it is one thing to have the OS, what about all the
> compilers and so ?
Compilers are considered part of the OS in UNIX world, I'd imagine
they're distributed under the same license and in the same package.
> Will Sun make them free also ?
Binary-only at no charge for non-commercial use only and with number
of users limit. I.e. you can play with it a bit and no more. I don't
call that free -- I don't even call that gratis -- it's a demo.
> I think that you should not start to ask "who is better" , just ask how to
> use both :-)
> Each OS has it's advantages.
Yeah, no one said one good point in Solaris' favor... I'm sure there
are some. I never tried it myself... Anyone?
> and BTW, Solaris can run also on X86 Hardware.
>
> Mike
- Adi Stav
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