Re: Solaris OS versions supported on the cool thread series

"gerryt@" <gerryt@xxxxxxxxx> writes in comp.sys.sun.hardware:
|This isnt a new problem (stodgy vendors not keeping up with the times),
|but up till now Sun has released a HW update for newer products.

Not for every ancient OS release. Go back and you'll find similar
gnashing of teeth when the Sun Blade workstations first came out and
required Solaris 8, or the Ultras that required Solaris 2.6.

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