Re: [MLUG] Sun Micro to Roll Out New Low-End Linux Servers

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> > I would say that this announcement does a lot to insure the future of
> > Linux where it probably was already strong, but doesn't have much
> > affect in other possible niches (i.e., really big servers, the
> > desktop, or the notebook).
> 
> Not yet, but I think it's only a matter of time before we start to see
> Linux on larger Sun computers.  IBM is doing it now.  If it works for IBM,
> Sun will do it too.  The machines are expensive, the OS is cheap.  They
> will give the people what they want and the people will want Linux because
> sysadmins will be used to it.

Eventually Linux will claim all markets with more than a handful of
users. The first step is obviously that the geeks have to be interested
enough to develop the needed tech so they either have to be paid to do it
or have to do it for fun. Big Iron is a likely hit on both points. Taking
a significant portion of the desktop from Windows and Mac is of interest
to Linux distro's but it isn't a big business item so it's mostly a 'fun'
item. Notebooks are mostly the same as the desktop except for a few
hardware issues. These might be useful to a business to develop drivers
for but it isn't much fun. So we'll see Big Iron conquered first, the
desktop second, and notebooks finally though we can see progress in all
three.

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