RE: [cobalt-users] Sun Solaris??? Bad Business Decision

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>I'd personally like to think that we are the Linux DNA that will infect
Sun.
>and cause them to grow into the ability to support two operating syste.ms.
I
>hardly think Linux can replace Solaris at Sun, but I do think that this.
>might be good to shake up the thinking of some of Sun's executives,
>including those that work directly on Solaris.

Lyle,

I hope that you are correct.  Thanks for the link to the article.  I'll wait
this one out.

Bill M.


>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Lyle Scheer
>>>Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 8:01 PM
>>>To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Sun Solaris??? Bad Business Decision
>>>
>>>
>>>Heh,
>>>
>>>	I find it somewhat amusing how far off the deep end some of
>>>you are going
>>>because of a comment from a Sun executive who is deeply invested in the
>>>Solaris operating system.
>>>
>>>	Have you considered that Sun purchased Cobalt because
>>>Cobalt could do
>>>something that Sun could not?
>>>
>>>	I'd personally like to think that we are the Linux DNA that
>>>will infect Sun
>>>and cause them to grow into the ability to support two operating
>>>systems.  I
>>>hardly think Linux can replace Solaris at Sun, but I do think that this
>>>might be good to shake up the thinking of some of Sun's executives,
>>>including those that work directly on Solaris.
>>>
>>>	A good article I saw today can be found here:
>>>http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/00/10/02/001002oppetreley.xml
>>>
>>>- Lyle
>>>
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