[moe]

I don't understand why Joyent clings to a dead operating system. Are they planning to single-handedly keep solaris alive?

Cloud computing is a commodity. Many (most?) customers use multiple clouds in parallel. Learning and maintaining the intricacies of a niche OS in this environment is a nonsensical proposition.

And for what? For a few percentage points on a CPU benchmark? Seriously?

[MatthewPhillips]

You do know they employ many of Solaris' core developers, right?

[moe]

And how is that relevant?