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Submission + - IDG Confirms It: Solaris is Dead

Submitted by JerkBoB on Thursday September 25, 2008 @04:05PM

JerkBoB writes: "Linux is enjoying growth, with a contingent of devotees too large to be called a cult following at this point. Solaris, meanwhile, has thrived as a longstanding, primary Unix platform geared to enterprises. But with Linux the object of all the buzz in the industry, can Sun's rival Solaris Unix OS hang on, or is it destined to be displaced by Linux altogether?"

Full story at:
http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_852573C400693880002574CE00371FE1.html

Submission + - Sun acquires new Lustre (sun.com)

Submitted by JerkBoB on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @12:48PM

JerkBoB writes: This morning, Sun announced an agreement to purchase the assets of Cluster File Systems, the company behind the Lustre High Performance File System. From the press release:

The agreement further extends Sun's momentum in open source and Solaris and complements the Company's current direction to provide the industry's most complete end-to-end High Performance Computing (HPC) storage solution.

Given Sun's failure to win any part of the DARPA HPCS award last November, I wonder how this acquisition will change things for Sun in the HPC world?

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