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1. flanked-evergl · 1790001593 · focus · HN ↗

   Solaris was worse than Linux, and SPARC was worse than Intel. A lot worse.

   Even ZFS was way better integrated with the Linux kernel even while Solaris was supposedly maintained.

   1. compiler-guy · 1790006718 · focus · HN ↗

      The linux kernel didn't even gain SMP until 1996. Solaris was running circles around it both before and after that point. Solaris was vastly more mature and stable.

      Of course, after that, Solaris just kept running in very expensive circles while linux went on to make steady progress.

      1. flanked-evergl · 1790059823 · focus · HN ↗

         And if nothing happens after 1996 then Linux would not have been better than Solaris.

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