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Old 11-11-2009
SunOS Popularity
Hey guys 3rd thred!!! Smilie

Anyways.

I was looking into SunOS (Solaris/OpenSolaris) And i couldnt find anything about its popularity?

Does this mean its not a very popular operating system? If not can you please post the link to your source.

Thx

-Megadrink Smilie
Last edited by Megadrink; 11-11-2009 at 08:35 PM..
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Old 11-12-2009
Popular compared to what ?
# 3  
Old 11-12-2009
Also you should specify popularity on what platforms/which usage you have in mind.
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Old 11-12-2009
Until Sun released Open Solaris, it was an operating system largely confined to
to the business world, not personal desktops sitting in a bedroom.

If you are looking at it as an alternative to Linux, sure - go for it.
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Old 11-14-2009
Solaris is popular in high-end servers , and also some people are using it for home OS Smilie
# 6  
Old 11-14-2009
now a days open solaris is very popular in personal desktops and solaris is used for server management and data base management....
# 7  
Old 11-15-2009
Some people are using Solaris 10 for Desktop SmilieSmilie
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