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IM(PNS)HO, many of the linux folk truly like to fiddle with their kernels and modules and such. So if for the *linux community* linux wouldn't die, but perhaps for the business types, they'd embrace solaris more readily, since there's someone to blame if it goes bad. ;p The additional question would be, "what if solaris went open-source", in which case there would most likely be a division. Solaris might be rather fun to play with for a while for some of the real linux community.