John P. Looney wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 05:13:01PM +0100, Fergal Moran mentioned:
>
>>In a nutshell - Solaris is Suns own flavour of UNIX.
>
>
>  Though I'm sure that this nice person would like a bit more detail.
>
>  Solaris is quite different to Linux, though these days you can make
> solaris act a lot like linux with an extra CD of GNU tools Sun ship with
> solaris. It is based on the SysV unix family, so it's quite similar to
> other unixen like HPUX and SCO.
>
>  Sun's hardware in general is more reliable, and a lot more expensive. One
> of the main bonuses you get by buying Sun is that you are getting your
> hardware and software from one company, so if you have a support contract,
> they have to fix it. They can't fob you off with 'that's a software
> problem, talk to the software vendor.' etc.
>
>  If you are set on Linux, you most likely can do your own support. There
> is then a world of different hardware options. You can run Linux on Sparc,
> though some companies like RedHat don't maintain a sparc port anymore.
>
>  You can also buy your machine from linux-oriented companies like DNUK,
> who do machines designed to run linux, and their own version of linux,
> that has a few extras for their machines. Or, you can get a machine from a
> cheaper company like Dell, and it'll most likely work, most of the time.
Why do you say Dell is cheaper than DNUK?
It gets a bit complicated though!
http://www.levenez.com/unix/history.html
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