john p looney valentuathaorg thu aug 22 2002 051301pm 0100 fergal moran mentioned nutshell solaris suns flavour unix though im sure nice person would like bit detail solaris quite different linux though days make solaris act lot like linux extra cd gnu tools sun ship solaris based sysv unix family quite similar unixen like hpux sco suns hardware general reliable lot expensive one main bonuses get buying sun getting hardware software one company support contract fix cant fob thats software problem talk software vendor etc set linux likely support world different hardware options run linux sparc though companies like redhat dont maintain sparc port anymore also buy machine linuxoriented companies like dnuk machines designed run linux version linux extras machines get machine cheaper company like dell itll likely work time john irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie thu 22 aug 2002 173641 0100 ilug sun solaris