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- From: matso@dtek.chalmers.se (Mats Olsson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
- Subject: Re: Sun Solaris 1.x on new Sun Classic
- Message-ID: <C1Hvw7.5x3@news.chalmers.se>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 04:16:53 GMT
- References: <1993Jan19.152059.2146@searchtech.com> <1ji0gvINNc90@gap.caltech.edu> <1993Jan25.002556.10832@eskimo.com>
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- In article <1993Jan25.002556.10832@eskimo.com> nanook@eskimo.com (Robert Dinse) writes:
- >In article <1ji0gvINNc90@gap.caltech.edu>, jack@ccsf.caltech.edu (Jack Stewart) writes:
- >
- > It has definitely cost them some sales. We need more workstations and
- >didn't want to spend big dollars on the more expensive IPX. The Classic looked
- >like a great alternative, until I found out it could not run Solaris 1.X.
-
- Yes, this is exactly my situation. We deferred our planned buy of
- workstations as the rumors sounded interresting. After we found that they
- would only run 2.x, we didn't buy them.
- We will transfer to 2.x, but only for x >= 3 or something, when the bugs
- are out.
-
- > It amazes me how companies become arrogant and try to drive the market
- >when they get large rather than remaining market driven.
-
- Amen to that. Is there no way of keeping small, nice companies with
- excellent products from growing?
-
- /Mats
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