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By an anonymous user on Mar. 04, 2008

Not from what I have seen. I mean, SAMP is definitely interesting, since Solaris has definitely stood the test of time in heavy-duty environments, but we have yet to see how many additional add-ons are present, and how vibrant the add-on community really is. The great part about Linux is that there are a TON of applications that have been developed and optimized for it, and this is only on the server, and partially on the desktop. Open Solaris has a long way to go with this, and this does not even include the embedded software market, where Linux flavors really dominate.

The thing to note, though, is that Linux is quickly heading to a 3-4 solid distro game. RH, SUSE, Ubuntu on the desktop, Debian, FreeBSD and then a few other popular other ones and then a huge list of 100s of other ones.

Sun should be able to put some muscle behind the Open Solaris movement, but they also need to realize that the Linux world is serving a whole bunch of LAMP stacks, and it is unclear of how much support Sun will provide for the AMP vs other proprietary (and open) products Sun will push (like Java)!

By an anonymous user on Mar. 06, 2008

Hmm. I don't know anyone who is actively using it. I know hmmm... 5...10...100...500 people (no, not just the ones in my head or on my hacked social network account) using Linux...

Sun's MySQL on the other hand, is a different story!

By Ed Tennant on Aug. 22, 2008

I think OpenSolaris is picking up steam since the 2008.05 release. The Live CD distribution method makes it possible to test drive with minimal effort. After verifying there are no issues with your hardware you have the option of a one-click install. I know I sound like a Sun fanboy but the idea of running OpenSolaris, GlassFish, and MySQL has a lot of appeal for small budget development.