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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (177194)	3/3/2004 1:51:31 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Some people think that (solaris-> linux means no more sun)- but its a tough call because Sun has never made a cent on any software it ever sold. So no revenue drag on EOLing solaris. And since Linux needs a distro to be acceptable to corps, and Sun has one, they could potentially recoup more money from Sun Linux than solaris, with less development costs. IBM and Sun are the two vendors embracing Linux, they show up at all the trade shows, with HP and Dell mostly nonexistant. To be successful as a linux vendor you must have a consulting services arm of some sort, thats the conventional wisdom anyway. Sun is clearly making a bet that we are going back to the old 80s style IBM model for software, and if that happens their future looks better than now... another option is that software continues to be a revenue engine and NOVL and RHAT get all the money with commodity hardware players winning- that seems to be what Dell and HP are hoping for. Too close to call right now but the forbes article seems to be assuming the latter which is not clear at all. Sun has always had execution problems but given the morale at HP these days I wonder if Sun is really the worst anymore. We'll find out more when IBM starts their Linux push in spring. BTW SCO sued poor Autozone and Daimler Chrysler today. Makes you wonder if the SCO management bought a lemon or something.