Two Desperate Housewives
"Novell vs. Sun: Two Desperate Housewives"
I love the headline, although I'm not sure the article supports the comparison. No matter. The writer, Jeremy C. Wright, draws the distinctions between Sun and Novell and our strategies. He also has us on some collision courses, too -- one with Linux (of course) and one with "the entire industry."
In
fact, Solaris is still incredibly well respected in the Linux world,
though many in the industry viewed the product as relegated to old
servers or existing Sun clientele. Until Sun decided to set a collision
course with Linux by open sourcing Solaris.
The view by executives around the world is simply this: Solaris would be an Open Source derivative of Linux, run by a company they know and trust.
Novell attempted to get into Linux by buying in. Sun, however, is on a collision course with the entire industry -- one many industry insiders are unwilling to concede will be a simple victory for either group.
The view by executives around the world is simply this: Solaris would be an Open Source derivative of Linux, run by a company they know and trust.
Novell attempted to get into Linux by buying in. Sun, however, is on a collision course with the entire industry -- one many industry insiders are unwilling to concede will be a simple victory for either group.
Not sure about all that, but whatever. The collisions are interesting to me. The best line of the article, though, is this:
Opening
the company up to external scrutiny by launching a raft of blogs, for
example, is doing more for the company's image than any ad campaign
ever could.
Ok, now that I can agree with.
"Sun is "on a collision course with the entire industry". True, if you think collision not like a drunk driver but like a "Contrarian Mind"
Posted by Jaime Cardoso on December 22, 2004 at 10:49 PM JST #