Google investigating OpenSolaris

[John Moser]

Chanchao <custom <at> freenet.de> writes:

> 
> Jonathan Carter wrote:
> 
> > Is there someone (perhaps the Ubuntu marketing team) that can put some
> > pressure or influence Google to use Nexenta instead?
> 
> Errr... Nexenta bolts an Ubuntu-like environment on to OpenSolaris in 
> order to provide a smooth user/desktop experience... That's about the 
> LAST thing Google would need for their servers, they're more likely to 
> completely strip down whatever they choose to use (like they did with 
> Red Hat) and manage things probably with their own applications.
> 
> Those servers would most certainly not run any GUI or display manager, 
> let alone Ubuntu's Fancy Stuff.
> 
> Any deal would just be a marketing deal.. Like "We'll call it your 
> product, then you can say 'Google uses our OS' and in return, xyz."
> 

And in return Ubuntu will whore Google searching just like Mozilla does, with a
Google search box built into the Ubuntu start page for Firefox, and Deskbar
having ad-hoc Google searches bolted on (type, stop for 500mS, Deskbar returns
the first 5 matches).

Oh yeah.  And slip a Google AdSense entry in under the search results.

(Disclaimer:  Yes this is a joke)

> Cheers,
> Chanchao
> 
>