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List:       opensolaris-discuss
Subject:    Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris cancelled,
From:       usafverteran <usafv () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2010-09-08 5:10:39
Message-ID: 919718396.101283947870457.JavaMail.Twebapp () sf-app1
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That is nonsense and just tabloid talk.

IBM just recently announced AIX 7 for their POWER 7 server line.  Linux cannot in any \
way use the full capabilities of POWER architecture the way it is exploited with AIX. \
If IBM was to eliminate AIX, they would have to also kill their POWER architecture, \
which isn't going to happen.

Their POWER servers have a good margin and they make money from them.  There are also \
very large companies that run AIX and have no intention to turn over their \
AIX-powered servers to Linux on cheap x86 hardware.

Linux doesn't have anywhere near the features that AIX can boast about.  RHEL \
clustering is a joke at best, and Xen virtualization clustering on RHEL is about as \
pathetic as one can get.  There isn't any way I would entrust my company to RHEL for \
mission critical workloads.  Absolutely not.  

There is a complete fabrication that Linux is cheaper than AIX or Solaris.  Well, if \
I want to setup an infrastructure to patch, install, and maintain servers, it won't \
cost me any money to use NIM or JumpStart.  However, to get those features with Red \
Hat Satellite server, you will pay hundreds per machine.  So if you have 1000 servers \
you need to provision with RHEL, then you just spent $600,000 - $700,000.  When they \
come out with KVM in RHEL 6, if you want to manage them it will cost you a few \
hundred more per virtual.  EVERY time one turns around, Red Hat is charging for some \
"feature" that is free with AIX.

Xen virtualization compared to AIX DLPARs is laughable.  AIX has had more features \
for 10 years than Red Hat is rolling out in RHEL 6.

No big AIX applications?  Oracle runs on AIX.  DB2 runs on AIX.  WebSphere runs on \
AIX.  SAP runs on AIX.  

AIX runs banking, transportation, finance, retail, health care, insurance, defense, \
any sector of the economy you can think of.

There is an old saying, "you get what you pay for."  That cannot be more true than it \
                is with Linux.
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