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- From: jwa@yog-sothoth.dcrt.nih.gov (James W. Adams)
- Subject: Re: avoiding Solaris
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.204638.2538@alw.nih.gov>
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- Organization: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- References: <1dtssaINN59p@life.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:46:38 GMT
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- In article <1dtssaINN59p@life.ai.mit.edu> cracraft@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Stuart Cracraft) writes:
- >
- >After a one-month port of a simulator to the Solaris 2.0 environment,
- >we are seriously thinking of avoiding Solaris altogether. When you
- >[...]
- >For most environments in which Sun OS 4.1.2/4.1.3 is currently running,
- >System V is a poor replacement, with or without a compatibility package.
- >These customers typically do not want a shrink-wrap capable system and
- >are more interested in the Berkeley environment. When they find that
- >[...]
- >marketplace. The majority of SUN users appear to be engineers trying
- >to get real work done not related to a specific software product
- >that will eventually run on a Sparc platform. The vocal minority
- >[...]
- >And, although the maintenance of 4.1.X will gradually be eclipsed
- >by maintenance of Solaris (e.g. more telephone support, trained
- >staff at Sun, etc.) it is unlikely this will occur at all soon.
- >There will always remain a large group of SUN users who feel Berkeley
- >Unix were the last "good" days.
- >[...]
-
- 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.
-
- If you want to hold on to 4.1.x, I'd strongly advise you to get a source
- license and be prepared to provide your own support. Sun's newest HW
- offerings do not even run 4.1.x at all. Genuine support for 4.1.x is
- likely to go away Real Soon Now. Remember how fast support for the
- Sun 3 went away.
-
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