Re: The future of Solaris

In article <4a177c99$0$5389$607ed4bc@xxxxxx>,
Paul Gress <pgress@xxxxxx> wrote:
Ian Collins wrote:

ProE is supported on x64 as well a Sparc. One of my clients uses Dell
(I think) M6400 laptops as their ProE stations. How things have changed!


Yes I know, I already have it running on my Clevo dual core Laptop with
Nvidia Graphics. But, in about 3 months I'm going to purchase a new X64
workstation, mainly because there is no upgrade path for Sparc in a
workstation. Sun is now falling behind on X64 workstations. There are
no Intel Xeon 5500 series chips available for a workstation. I may be
forced to purchase a competitors product.

My suggestion: COMPLAIN (about no more sparc-workstations).

Complain to EVERYONE: ceo, pres, etc of Sun, AND of Oracle.

Tell 'em you're just one of lots of people (it that's true)
who will be FORCED onto NON-sun equipment by this "no upgrade path"
for sparc workstations.

MY problem with it: you can NO LONGER get sun SERVICE on
an INEXPENSIVE sparc-based computer.

WHY NOT?

Because of Sun's (STUPID) "end of life" rule.

So, you go look at SUN's remanufactured page, see something
you like, nice price, etc, and ASSUME that you'll be able
to get FIVE years of service contracts on it.

NOPE! Sun tells me that the "end of life" STILL APPLIES.

That is, you buy a remanufactured-by-Sun computer (buy it from sun
itself), and discover that you can purchase a service contract
for NO LONGER THAN TWO MORE YEARS, and after that, it's "you're
on your own, buddy!".

So if you're not yourself a hardware hacker, you might as well
throw it out after those two years have passed. :-(

Not real good, huh?


David


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