Solaris to Linux is still a popular move, but Sun can still hold on to some customers...
"Migrating business applications from high-end Unix-based systems such as Sparc/Solaris to commodity x86/Linux platforms has been a popular idea for the past few years, but not everyone thinks going full-on with Linux is the best solution -- at least not yet.
"Dan Blanchard , vice president of enterprise operations at Marriott International Inc., is serious about Linux. He says his company's transition from high-end Unix-based systems from Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM is ongoing -- and inevitable. 'We're migrating, and we have a strategy to continue deployment of Linux,' he says.
