Jonathan Schwartz’s Weblog I ran into this Jon Schwartz entry where he blasts IBM’s OpenPower boxes. Very funny. But this comment made me wonder how sincere the company is about supporting Linux.
Second, saying “it’s ok, we run linux” is like saying you “run the internet.”
Oh, really?
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Could you please make it more obvious the photo of Schwartz is doctored?
We in the Java community argue about this stuff nonstop. Patents, open sourcing Java, Sun’s commitment to Linux, viability of SPARC, etc. I like that Sun is interesting enough to discuss.
I’ve found Schwartz’s blog entries to be very informative. I like that he’s energetic and pushing forward. I don’t like that he’s got some of McNealy’s snarkiness. His views are definitely different from my own and therefore challenge me.
Schwartz has a handful of posts about IBM’s reliance on Red Hat’s Linux. Not being an industry pundit, I’m nearly persuaded to believe that HP and IBM not having their own OS is a strategic blunder.
A couple of other asides…
I’m excited that Sun’s still innovating: N1, DTrace, utility computing, Java Desktop (a Linux distro), developing markets in China, NetBeans finally has some momentum, federated identity management, etc. Activity generates interest. And each of those things is of interest to us developers. So Sun’s making a good play for our mindshare.
I can’t remember the rag, but a few months back Dell’s VP was gloating about sticking it to HP and Sun. A few weeks later, WalMart announced their low-end consumer Linux boxes targeting Dell. It’s a dog eat dog world. (A lovely thing.) Were I an institutional investor, I’d be putting my money into companies greating new markets vs companies riding the dog-leg of the technology lifecycle.
The point of his blog is very clear: you can’t just say “wesupport Linux” without naming the distro. Just like you can’t say “we run Unix” without citing Solaris, HPUX, AIX.
Everyone keeps skirting that, but it’s obvious there’s just as much portability across Linux as there is across Unix, and just as many limitations.
Frankly, I see Sun doing more to support Linux volumes with its Java Desktop than I see from IBM with all their billboards trying to hook you with their proprietary Power chips.