Re: 400-480MHz upgrade?

From: Kent Smith (ksmith_at_ipsoinc.com)
Date: 02/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:54:48 GMT

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:35:42 GMT, Rich Teer <rich.teer@rite-group.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Andy Lennard wrote:
>
>> Regrettably this machine uses some software that has not been (and never
>> will be) ported to anything later than Solaris2.6. In this case I'm stuck
>> with getting the best I can from what I've got...
>
>Provided the software sticks to published interfaces, running it
>on newer versions of Solaris shouldn't be a problem. Solaris'
>backwards compatibility is a big part of its value proposition
>(ugh, I sound like a manager - or worse, a marketroid!).
>
>It might be worth finding a spare machine, installing a newer
>version of Solaris, and then seeing if your app runs.

I've been in Andy's position, I'm afraid. If you run vendor supported
software above its "Certified" OS rev, you lose all support from the
vendor. You are really trapped. Perhaps that upgrade cash could be
spent on the analysis of available replacements that would buy you
8-10 years instead of 2-4. Bear in mind that Solaris 2.6 goes off
support in about 16 months.

--Kent

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