Google's interest in Solaris
Reported in a story on Digg last week, Google is looking into a OpenSolaris as a alternative to their customized Red Hat version of linux. On Digg, this story surprisingly drew quite a few cheers, but as always the hardcore linux community was their to prolaim the story FUD, hersay, & dissinformation.
Sun's and Google's public relationship was amped up last year as Google started to distribute the Java Runtime with the google toolbar. The deal was solidified with a press conference meeting of Scott McNealy, Jon Schwartz and Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
The deal mainly focused on Java and Google's commitment to it. There was no real discussion of
of Google using OpenSolaris as its back bone.
Google is one of the linux communities darling examples of how a company can take off with open source technology. Inexpensive boxes, clustered together, added as google's need for capacity increased. It is no doubt google is facing a a tough decision. Solaris' has made leaps and bonds over linux as of Solaris 10.
Several features featured in Solaris 10 could save google a ton in TCO. Linux now, is more less focused in a futile attempt to take over the desktop world, allowing Sun's attempts to grab IT Admin's and developers attentions with technologies such as Dtrace, Zones, and ZFS.
Sun more or less confirmed the rumor that google is testing opensolaris but did not say if it was to replace their linux systems. Only time will tell if Google takes that major step in converting to Solaris.
Sun's and Google's public relationship was amped up last year as Google started to distribute the Java Runtime with the google toolbar. The deal was solidified with a press conference meeting of Scott McNealy, Jon Schwartz and Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
The deal mainly focused on Java and Google's commitment to it. There was no real discussion of
of Google using OpenSolaris as its back bone.
Google is one of the linux communities darling examples of how a company can take off with open source technology. Inexpensive boxes, clustered together, added as google's need for capacity increased. It is no doubt google is facing a a tough decision. Solaris' has made leaps and bonds over linux as of Solaris 10.
Several features featured in Solaris 10 could save google a ton in TCO. Linux now, is more less focused in a futile attempt to take over the desktop world, allowing Sun's attempts to grab IT Admin's and developers attentions with technologies such as Dtrace, Zones, and ZFS.
Sun more or less confirmed the rumor that google is testing opensolaris but did not say if it was to replace their linux systems. Only time will tell if Google takes that major step in converting to Solaris.
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