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Technology Stocks : All About Sun Microsystems
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To: E_K_S who wrote (11191)9/30/1998 2:41:00 PM
From: JC Jaros  Read Replies (1) of 64865
 
A capital infused RedHat targeting the enterprise is bad news for SCO I suppose. I really can't see where it's even remotely a threat to Sun, and conversely, I see it as a net positive thing. Sun and Linux don't play in the same league. It's like baseball. Sun has a pro MLB franchise. Linux is like AAA. Overall, the more baseball enthusists/players there are in the world, the better for baseball all the way around (especially for branded equipment manufacturers).

It's not like the old days of Apple -v- Microsoft competing for mindshare. It's an 'open standard' world. Sun isn't going to lose future Solaris developers or administrators to Linux.

The RedHat 'enterprise' push is meant to legitimize 'Linux' by giving it a brand and a traditional support structure. That's a good thing for all the folks who have to presently sneak Linux in the backdoor past the IS managers. Those Linux boxen though tend to displace inferior performing NT servers. It isn't likely that Linux is displacing Solaris anywhere. It's all more symbiotic than competitive.

To better understand Linux relative to Solaris, check out the rather enlightening discussion on alt.solaris.x86 (that might be comp.os.solaris) where there's a quite informative Linux/Solaris comparative thread happening.

JCJ

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