Re:Solaris 11 has the security solution Linus wants for Desk...
by gaius on Monday March 26, 2012 @10:10AM
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You know, Sun Microsystems stock ticker was SUNW... The W was for Workstation.
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Re:Solaris 11 has the security solution Linus wants for Desk...
by freehunter on Monday March 26, 2012 @10:39AM
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Yeah, but workstation and desktop are not exactly the same. Back when SUNW went public (1986), that distinction may not have been as defined. It makes sense to run Unix on a workstation (workstation defined as a high performance machine meant for a specific productivity use case). It doesn't make sense to run it on a desktop (desktop defined as a general purpose PC your family would use at home).