The market hegemony Solaris has gained over HPUX, IRIX, AIX,
and NT is well-known and well-documented, and you are aware
of it. But you can believe whatever you want.
After having spent the better part of 1998 on this message
board debating Solaris vs. NT with you and other MSFT supporters,
I have neither the time nor the inclination to start up another one.
SUNW has been building momentum as a company for sometime and it
took until Oct. 1998 for Wall St. to finally catch on. Since
then, the stock has gone up 250% and is still only 50x
forward earnings. This rise is due, in large part, to the
recognition that Solaris is the premiere O/S available today.
Suffice it to say that it would be difficult, at best, to
compare Solaris to a product that hasn't even left the beta
lab yet. No one I know of, including Steve Ballmer, has
indicated that NT 4 is an "enterprise" O/S, unless, of
course, you consider the front office to be part of the
enterprise market. NT 4 may have stolen some of Novell's
thunder, but it isn't in the same league as Solaris.
For those of you reading this post who are looking for hard
information on Solaris vs. NT, read all you can and make up
your own mind irrespective of the posts on this or any other
message board.
For those of you reading this post who are looking for a
bashing fight ala ToySoldier, I'm afraid you're just gonna
have to wait a little while longer.
cherylw |
