[Klug-general] Methods of Gaining Linux Skills to Work in Industry

[Allen Brooker]

Peter Childs wrote:
> On 23/01/07, Hubertus A. Haniel <hubba at unixcook.com> wrote:
> 
>> Even though my main job function is Linux I still do the odd project on
>> AIX and Solaris to keep me entertained ;)
>> I would advise anybody not to just focus on Linux - Linux is a great OS
>> and I have been using it since Slackware 3.0 but it has some serious
>> shortcomings and Solaris 10 on the x86 hardware is currently a very
>> strong opponent and will take a large chunk out of the linux market in
>> the large enterprises. After all it is all UNIX ;)
>>
>> regards
>> Hubba
>>
>>
> 
> Hang on did I not read that Sun were giving up on Solaris and is
> turning to Linux so give it a couple of years and Solaris will be
> legacy.
> Hmm oh hang on what is actually happerning is Sun are thinking about
> releasing Solaris under GPL and so we will end up with a sort of
> Solaris/Linux/BSD high breed could be very intresting certainly an
> area to watch.... ie pick your kernel and your software depending on
> what your application is and what works best.
> 
> 
> Peter.

Actually they've done more than think about it. You can now get Open 
Solaris (AKA Solaris 10). Last I heard they were trying to bribe open 
source developers to develop for it tho, so software support may be a 
little on the lacking side. =P

Allen