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- From: rhoward@matd.gatech.edu (Robert L. Howard)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
- Subject: Re: Solaris 2.x: resistance to it?
- Message-ID: <rhoward.722106436@matd>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 17:07:16 GMT
- References: <1dsjidINNcrv@cae.cad.gatech.edu> <1992Nov18.141013.22833@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
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- Thomas.Weihrich@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Thomas Weihrich) writes:
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- >Yes, at Augsburg University folks are not moving to Solaris 2.x.
- >We could have gotten it for free (Software maintenance contract), but we
- >will not renew the contract and run SunOS 4.1.2 instead.
- >Sun's new products aren't an option anyway, because we cannot run SunOS
- >4.1.? on them. So I guess we'll be using the Sun machines until they
- >break apart and then move to a different vendor (probably DEC).
-
- I just don't understand this...
-
- You don't want to change operating systems. I assume this is
- because of the learning curve and the cost of new software.
-
- So instead you will hang onto your Suns until you are forced to
- buy new machines from DEC (or HP or whoever) which *run a new
- and different OS* !!
-
- Does nobody see the irony in this?
-
- Robert
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