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by jeffbee 872 days ago
The article specifically discusses Solaris as a gleaming success for web startups in the 1990s. I am here to tell you that as a member of that scene, I would have burned Solaris at the stake if it had a suitable physical manifestation.
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And I am here to say, I had more fun with Solaris during dotcom wave that ever had, or will, with GNU/Linux.

Same applies to a couple of big UNIX names, with a proper integrated experience.

Pity about that Google Android torpedo.