Comments on: Robust, scalable, and the keyboard works http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/07/03/open-solaris/ The blog of John D. Cook Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:46:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/07/03/open-solaris/comment-page-1/#comment-20537 John Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:01:19 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2577#comment-20537 Solaris and Ubuntu are not exactly comparable. Ubuntu wasn't designed to be a new operating system but a <em>distribution</em> of an existing operating system that already had adequate scalability etc. But Ubuntu deserves credit for making the out-of-box experience a priority. Solaris and Ubuntu are not exactly comparable. Ubuntu wasn’t designed to be a new operating system but a distribution of an existing operating system that already had adequate scalability etc. But Ubuntu deserves credit for making the out-of-box experience a priority.

]]> By: gappy http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/07/03/open-solaris/comment-page-1/#comment-20535 gappy Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:03:51 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2577#comment-20535 John, I think it's not entirely correct to ask how well Ubuntu scales and to say that Ubuntu "cares more about whether the volume and keyboard work than whether the OS scales." Starting with the second point, check out Ubuntu server, and the many AMIs based on it. In my view, it scales pretty well. With regards to the second point, you can check out the massive Linux clusters deployed by the likes of IBM and Google, which are on par with, or bigger than, most cluster SUN deployments. Blue Gene uses a modified Linux kernel; enough said. There is no doubt that Solaris, or for that sake AIX, have more sophisticated technology (e.g., containers), but that is beside the point. Linux just works (keyboard included) and has 99% of the features everyone will ever need. John, I think it’s not entirely correct to ask how well Ubuntu scales and to say that Ubuntu “cares more about whether the volume and keyboard work than whether the OS scales.” Starting with the second point, check out Ubuntu server, and the many AMIs based on it. In my view, it scales pretty well. With regards to the second point, you can check out the massive Linux clusters deployed by the likes of IBM and Google, which are on par with, or bigger than, most cluster SUN deployments. Blue Gene uses a modified Linux kernel; enough said.

There is no doubt that Solaris, or for that sake AIX, have more sophisticated technology (e.g., containers), but that is beside the point. Linux just works (keyboard included) and has 99% of the features everyone will ever need.

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