[TriLUG] interesting server stats

[Marc M]

Well I think that last remark is a great suggestion. I just don't understand 
why so many organizations still want to spend 150K on a RISC box for 
example, running HPUX, when for a considerably smaller % of that they could 
throw in a Linux box(es). I think a lot of companies have the mentality that 
'we can't trust OSS because we need a major-name vendor to blame if things 
go awry' -- a really gutless, wimpy management mentality. I am just glad 
some orgs such as Red Hat are giving them a run for their money. 

Maybe HP will *get* some vision. HP-UX is good but it ain't Linux and as far 
as I am concerned it is therefore legacy. Maybe with the removal of Carly 
Fiorina they will beef up their Linux and OSS support. [At least she 
personally lived up to her statement about the outsourcing in which she 
warmly reached out to the community stating 'Americans are no longer 
guaranteed a job'. LOL] Let's hope the new CEO/team understands better where 
the industry is going than where it has been. 

Marc 




On Apr 7, 2005 11:22 AM, matusiak <dave at matusiak.org> wrote:
> 
> Sun, Red Hat Go Head-To-Head
> 
> link: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1774971,00.asp
> 
> I don't really understand why HP/Compaq is still in business, as they
> have absolutely NO VISION. But Sun and McNeely will fight til the last
> dying breath. Solaris 9 made significant improvements, such as finally
> including a version of ssh and augmenting their native patch &
> management tools. Solaris 10 is supposed to be building on these
> efforts. It is hard to beat the stability of Solaris on Sparc. Linux
> on x86 ain't far behind, tho.
> 
> Linux /should/ have 50% of the server market by the end of the year.
> (That's not a prediction, it's a suggestion).
> 
> dave m.
> 
> 
> On Apr 7, 2005, at 10:41 AM, Marc M wrote:
> 
> > THere is a good writeup on both solaris and redhat in the latest eweek
> > magazine (I believe). I don't have it with me, but if I am remembering
> > the
> > right article it is saying something about solaris being a lot more
> > mature
> > than linux, and solaris 10 is regaining some ground. Interesting
> > though that
> > sun is shipping a lot of linux boxes according to my OP. I thought
> > they got
> > out of the Linux business entirely a while back.
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
> > On Apr 7, 2005 9:56 AM, Greg Brown <gregbrown at mindspring.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I wonder what kind of impact Solaris 10 is going to have on the
> >> market.
> >> Every enterprise data center I've worked in over the past two years
> >> still has plenty of UNIX in the forms of AIX and Solaris. I see more
> >> Linux when I get to medium businesses (still mostly M$) then I see
> >> plenty of Linux on the small business side.
> >>
> >> Greg
> >>
> >> On Apr 7, 2005, at 9:03 AM, Marc M wrote:
> >>
> >>> I understand that Linux is suppossed to be at about 30% of the
> >>> overall
> >>> server market within the next few years (correct me if I'm wrong on
> >>> this).
> >>> Looks like HP still has quite a stronghold for organizations that
> >>> really
> >>> just want to spend a lot of cash. On the other hand it looks like
> >>> Linux is
> >>> crushing Solaris in the x86 space.
> >>> http://h10038.www1.hp.com/content_detail.asp?
> >>> contentid=362&agencyid=1&jumpid=ex_R33_go/thinkagain_LOB|FED
> 
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