[geeks] IBM to offer Solaris on it's servers...

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Micah R Ledbetter wrote:
>>>> If they did that, it would be tremendously stupid.  Solaris on
>>>>  POWER is the last thing they should want.
>> I'm not saying it's a bad idea for the end-user.  I'm saying it's a
>>  bad idea for IBM.
> 
> Why do you think so? My understanding of IBM's position was: "We'll 
> do anything to get you to buy our hardware." That's why they 
> virtualize Linux under z/OS, and why they offer Windows, Linux, and 
> now Solaris on their x86 servers.
> 
> Am I wrong? Please enlighten me if so.

More like, we'll do anything for you to buy our IT and business 
services. They'll make a shitload more per unit on AIX consulting than 
on Solaris consulting. Other than much smaller fish, they're the only 
game in town for AIX consulting. Their desire to sell high-profit 
consulting services is the same reason why they sell Oracle on z/OS. 
There really isn't really any other platform left on which Oracle scales 
up that big, and IBM is the place to go for z/OS consulting services. 
They have their own product for that market in DB2, but they don't 
really care since they make said shitload of money on consulting fees, 
no matter which database the customer chooses.

Peace...  Sridhar