Solaris: The Most Advanced OS?

[Will H. Backman]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-
> bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Derek Broughton
> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 9:42 AM
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Solaris: The Most Advanced OS?
> 
> David Strauss wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 11:19 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> Did you check the sun.com website which claims that Solaris 10 is
the
> >> most advanced OS on the planet? Could anyone tell me what grounds
is
> >> the claim based upon. I was surprised to see that claim and has
anyone
> >> out there used it to testify on its truthfullness? Are there many
such
> >> claims? Thanks...
> >>
> >
> > Solaris has many enterprise-grade features that Linux and other UNIX
or
> > UNIX-like OSes still lack. One that immediately comes to mind is the
> > ability to pause and encapsulate a process, move it to a different
> > computer, then continue running it. That's useful for load-balancing
and
> > managing server cluster hardware and software.
> 
> That's hardly unique.  Not enough, in itself, to make it the "Most
> Advanced
> OS".

Advanced implies being closer to some destination.  I don't know if
everyone agrees on what that destination is.  Features or complexity is
not a sign of being advanced.

If your goal is video editing, Solaris is not as advanced as other
operating systems.

Solaris is great at what it is designed for, and Sun's moves toward open
source should be embraced.