solaris

The consequence of the increasing popularity of Linux is that companies are enthusiastic in migrating their existing applications and development environments to Linux. An application following the standards will be easier to port than a non-conformant application. Since Linux and Solaris share the common API sets of the UNIX system, migrating from Solaris to Linux is a easier path than from an operating system with different API sets such as the Microsoft Windows platform.

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.

Here at the Foundation, if it ain't Linux, why bother? "Sun officials believe the 16-year-old Solaris platform remains a pivotal, innovative platform. But at the Linux Foundation, there is a no-conciliatory stance; the attitude there is to tell Solaris and Sun to move out of the way. "The future is Linux and Microsoft Windows," says foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin. "It is not Unix or Solaris." ... [more]