E-Commerce Times: OS Wars: Solaris vs. Linux

“Setting up the perfect enterprise Relevant Products/Services
from NTT/Verio server system architecture seemed pretty
straightforward just a few years ago.

“‘You went with [Sun Microsystems’] Solaris for the OS, put
Oracle on top of Solaris for the database, used EMC for storage,
and Cisco for routers,” Yankee Group senior analyst Dana Gardner
told the E-Commerce Times.

“Since then, this architecture formula has become outmoded for
many businesses, many of which are seeking more cost-effective
solutions to their server needs. Companies like Dell are offering
relatively low-cost storage products, Microsoft is gaining traction
in the RDBMS (relational database management system) market, and
Linux is winning market share in at least some of the segments that
Unix–often Solaris–used to dominate…”

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