lqualig@uku.co.uk writes:

>>From the hostile tone of all the respondents it appears that many of
> these 'freedom of choice' advocates are afraid of competition.
>
> Apparently they are all for 'freedom of choice' as long as that choice
> is either Linux or Linux. You would think that they would be more
> receptive to other freely distributed operating systems.
>
> But when a recognized name brand, officialy certified commercial grade
> Unix becomes freely available they all scoff at it. Makes you wonder
> why.

Here are a number of things I might hold against Solaris:

1- Recognized name brand
2- officially certified
3- commercial grade

Those are the kind of things that appeal to corporate types,
not people that appreciate fine operating systems.

Just my opinion.