[cobalt-users] Linux to Solaris

["Dan" <dan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

  I'm not sure if this list is the place to do it, but I would love to see a
detailed discussion of what the issues with the potential move to Solaris
would be. I've been using Linux for a while now, and have never touched
Solaris, so I have a lot of similar questions to those raised by others.
What are the additional costs going to be?
What portability issues are there with LAMP (Linux Apache Mysql PHP) based
sites?
How will this affect customer support?

Is anyone here a user of both Linux and Solaris? What are your thoughts on
this move?


If it seems like the move to Solaris is agreed by the people on this list to
be a bad one, one would hope Sun would take their user base seriously.

Dan Lindenberger
Swivel New Media


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>Message: 8
>From: "Michael Aronoff" <ma@xxxxxxxx>
>To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 21:00:33 -0700
>Subject: [cobalt-users] Re: cobalt-users digest, Vol 1 #1426 - 16 msgs
>Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>First, I apologize for cross posting this but I thought I should.

>Just spotted this on slashdot.
>http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2000/38/ns-18191.html
>It seems Sun is strongly considering moving cobalt boxes to Solaris!?!  In
>the article the Sun reps says "You do not care about the operating system.
>If we were to convert these over to Solaris, the end-user wouldn't care. We
>don't have the energy to drive two operating systems."

>Well I for one DO CARE!  The reason I went with a cobalt was that it was
>more than just an appliance.  The Linux meant that I could also add almost
>any software and there would be a huge user community to support me.

>Anyone else have any feelings on this?  Anyone want to start an online
>petition to let Cobalt know our feelings?

>Michael Aronoff Out
>Calabasas, CA
>ma@xxxxxxxx