On 10/5/07, Peter Tribble <peter.tribble at gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/5/07, Brandorr <brandorr at opensolaris.org> wrote: > > > > As LDOMs, and in particular Xen takes off, I see Sun facing a > > challenge. If an OS currently meets all of a clients needs for a > > particular application, and they can migrate it to a VM using a tool > > similar to VMWare's P2Vtool (Physical to Virtual), thus allowing them > > to run on modern hardware ad infinitum using virtualization, why > > wouldn't they just keep migrating the VM to newer and newer versions > > of HW/Hypervisor? (Especially if their ISVs continue to provide > > support). I think, a non insignificant percentage of Sun's customer > > base will want Sun to continue to support these "older" OSes. (And > > there might actually be a market for an LDOM P2Vtool for older Sparc > > OSes.) > > That would be Etude, I think. > > http://blogs.sun.com/dp/entry/project_etude_revealed > > Pretty stunning stuff. I have one application on a Solaris 8 box where > this would be perfect. > > However, while virtualization can be a handy way to keep old systems > working, it also provides a convenient excuse to keep old applications > that really ought to be replaced and are now nothing more than a > liability. We're running some old NT stuff in VMs, and it's really just > a millstone round our necks.
If the apps don't have business value, get rid of them. > -- > -Peter Tribble > http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ > -- - Brian Gupta http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/
