> I was wondering if there would be any interest in having=20 > Foxboro offer a=20 > Solaris X86 product line. Then you could (possibly) have one set of=20 > hardware, but the choice of Windows or Solaris as the=20 > application needs=20 > dictate. >=20 David, it isn't very helpful fideling around with different pieces of hardware. It is much easier to use a standardized pool of hardware. That can be a X86 product line! > Also, Solaris 10 x86 claims to play nicely with windows.=20 > Anyone out there=20 > have any experiences with x86 Solaris? What are your thoughts? >=20 Solaris 10 has a lot of linux-killer features like containers, zones, DTrace, a faster tcp/ip-stack ... but I haven't seen a feature that allows you to communicate better with windows.=20 The mega mega mega killer feature for a better support of windows apps on Solaris 10 is still in development. It is a .NET Framework runtime for Solaris. Regards, Andreas _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave