Sun puts Unix in open-source stack – Enter SAMP
I’m sure you’ve heard of LAMP, the popular open-source infrastructure stack featuring the Linux operating system, the Apache Web server, MySQL’s database, and the Perl, Python and PHP scripting languages. This server is an example of LAMP! It seems that Sun wants to get involved and is now replacing Linux with its own Solaris Unix OS as part of its Solaris + AMP, or SAMP, stack for building Web applications.
The Solaris + AMP unveiling is part of a multifaceted announcement of free development offerings to debut on Tuesday with Sun hoping to sell support as a way to generate revenues. While stressing that Sun was not trying to compete with LAMP itself, Dan Roberts, Sun’s director of developer tools marketing, did note that Sun believes its Solaris platform presents a viable competitor to Linux. Developers can build to Apache, MySQL, and the scripting languages but deploy their applications on Solaris or the open-source variant, OpenSolaris, to get advantages such as reliability and security, he said.
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