On: Ask HN: Should I choose Sun Solaris or Linux?

[gaius]

Well, no, not really. Just one example, Sun developed DTrace, a bit later Red Hat got SystemTap. Who's leading and who's following there? Sun has ZFS and Oracle has BTRFS and SGI released XFS, all of which are well in advance of ext3. So while it is fashionable to bash Unix for being old-fashioned and praise Linux for being "advanced", the reality is a lot more subtle than that.

[davidw → gaius]

I never said Linux was more advanced. What it is, is "good enough" and improving all the time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Disruptivetechnology.gif

Especially since it's easier to find people to work with it, more open, and not driven by a billionaire who wants you over a barrel.

Also, I think that Oracle is quickly putting paid to the sort of environment where innovations like dtrace happen, although I could be wrong.