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by andrewkreid 4605 days ago
>> ...One example of this is Solaris SVR4 packages...

I wonder what Google are using Solaris for, and if it's just legacy stuff.
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arethuza 4605 days ago
Google appear to use Oracle Hyperion Financial Management for consolidated reporting and planning (search their job pages - they usually have ads) - I would suspect that this runs on Oracle boxes running Solaris.
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tmallen 4605 days ago
Google is likely supporting Solaris for customers or for users of their open source software.
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