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- From: wilson@moonshine.llnl.gov (Mike Wilson )
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
- Subject: Re: Sun Solaris 1.x on new Sun Classic
- Message-ID: <wilson.728159615@moonshine>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 18:33:35 GMT
- References: <1993Jan19.152059.2146@searchtech.com> <1ji0gvINNc90@gap.caltech.edu> <1993Jan25.002556.10832@eskimo.com>
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- Organization: Magnetic Fusion Energy - LLNL
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- nanook@eskimo.com (Robert Dinse) 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.
-
- I second this. We _cannot_ move to solaris 2.* within the next 8 months, so
- we can only buy old tech. Annoying to say the least.
-
- > Our application depends on a number of Sun-Link products, which aren't
- >yet available under Solaris 2.x, so we can't move to 2.X even if we want to.
- >Sun tells me they won't be available until the middle of this year, which
- >probably translates to Dec 15th. At any rate, the wait is unacceptable so now
- >we are looking into clones.
-
- We are looking into other vendors. If we are screwed on the OS, why not be
- screwed with the fastest hardware?
-
- > It amazes me how companies become arrogant and try to drive the market
- >when they get large rather than remaining market driven.
-
- Hmmm, First IBM, then DEC, now (say it ain't so) SUN? Sigh, and I really liked
- sun.
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