Oracle Solaris 11 provides a large set of native (Oracle proprietary) and open-source commands, tools, libraries, and platform services similar to those available on other UNIX platforms such as Linux, HP-UX, and AIX.
Following are key advantages of Oracle Solaris 11:
Portable, scalable, interoperable, and compatible.
Supports portability across different architectures.
Conforms to standards for application portability.
Supports tools optimized for Oracle hardware devices.
Supports a wide range of hardware.
Has infrastructure designed to scale on large systems without needing to touch the code.
Conforms to POSIX.1-2008 as described in standards(7).
Offers end-to-end 24 x 7 support from Oracle (a single vendor) for hardware to applications.
Supports programming languages such as Perl, Ruby, and Python.
Offers the Binary Guarantee Program that guarantees binary compatibility for your applications across various Oracle Solaris OS releases. For more information, see Oracle Solaris Guarantee Program.
Offers support for open-source software.