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List:       opensolaris-discuss
Subject:    Re: [osol-discuss] AMD Shares up on Oracle Takeover Buzz
From:       Erik Trimble <erik.trimble () oracle ! com>
Date:       2010-09-28 22:19:51
Message-ID: 4CA26A07.9090304 () oracle ! com
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  Look, this is terribly off-topic. Go have this discussion on an IBM forum.



On 9/28/2010 11:19 AM, usafverteran wrote:
> Give it up, dude.  Linux on x86 is a red-headed stepchild.
> 
> You say buy more x86 servers.  And what about the extra rack space which mean a \
> larger data center, and extra cooling, more electricity, etc.  Certainly not less \
> expensive now that you you need to buy 5-1 or whatever number. 
> IBM has a Linux Technology Center, but they also have an AIX Technology Center.  \
> Why would IBM spend millions developing AIX 7 if it intends to drop it?  In fact \
> they have support for AIX almost to 2020! 
> Interesting you could not refute the facts of clustering, GFS, virtualization, disk \
> management, LVM, all being inadequate for use in Linux.  And that you cannot \
> dispute the huge cost per server Red Hat charges that is free in AIX and Solaris. 
> And that Linux doesn't have anything comparable to the few features I noted at the \
> end of my last message. 
> Also, purely from a security side, x86 is more vulnerable than other architectures \
> such as POWER and SPARC or mainframes. 
> But whatever dude.  Hang tight to those eight year old articles.


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Erik Trimble
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