Re:We won the battle for Linux, but we're losing the battle ...
by wtbob on Thursday June 09, 2016 @08:50PM
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> And at a stroke the entire history of Sun, Solaris and Sun OS is brushed under the carpet as though it never existed.
I don't think Sun is responsible for Apple's choice of a Unix. I was around in the late 90s, and Linux really was an amazing workstation — far more so than a Sun, because the value for money ratio was incredibly good.
I also remember when OS X first came out (and before that, mklinux), and the selling point was that it was a Unix, like Linux.
I'd still rather have a Linux workstation than a Mac. Linux gets out of my way and lets me work. Solaris never did that (oh, the days of Solaris 'packages' …), and OS X still doesn't.
I don't think Sun is responsible for Apple's choice of a Unix. I was around in the late 90s, and Linux really was an amazing workstation — far more so than a Sun, because the value for money ratio was incredibly good.
I also remember when OS X first came out (and before that, mklinux), and the selling point was that it was a Unix, like Linux.
I'd still rather have a Linux workstation than a Mac. Linux gets out of my way and lets me work. Solaris never did that (oh, the days of Solaris 'packages' …), and OS X still doesn't.