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- From: flog@open.ch (Florian Gutzwiller)
- Subject: Re: avoiding Solaris
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.201139.19033@bernina.ethz.ch>
- Sender: news@bernina.ethz.ch (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: flog@open.ch
- Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
- References: <1992Nov12.204638.2538@alw.nih.gov>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:11:39 GMT
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- > While the quoted sentiments may reflect the opinions of a large number
- > of current or recent Sun users, they DO NOT reflect Sun's current market
- > strategy. Sun is going after the MIS market and probably couldn't care
- > less what several thousand engineers, scientists and assorted techies
- > think. They want their systems on the desktops of Corporate America and
- > they are doing what they feel will get them there.
-
- We're working for a 100 machines Sun project in 'Corporate Switzerland' and I
- can tell you that it just doesn't work for end-users - I mean real end-users.
- Sun tried hard with Open Windows, but it's one piece of a crippled software
- that frustrates both end-users and system managers if they loose their files in
- FileManager leaving nothing core files.
-
- And if you look at software development Sun is just another Unix shop
- delivering outdated X and charging for C.
-
- Still Sun is the best of the 'classic' workstation manufacturers, but there is
- one company the thinks - NeXT will probably take more and more of corporate
- america just check out the recents contracts with Chrysler and Mobil Oil (2500
- NeXTSTEP licenses and $US 3m for hardware).
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-
- -Florian
- flog@open.ch
-