On Thu, 5 Nov 2009, Rainer Orth wrote:
From my understanding, it was not. UltraSPARC I support was dropped when
32-bit SPARC was removed. The fact that US-I machines run perfectly fine
in 64-bit mode (and have been since Solaris 7) wasn't taken into
consideration. Yes, there was a small risk, but at least you had the
choice. With the wholesale removal, you didn't any longer.
The milk is spilt; there is little point discussing the issue any further.
In real terms, the only machine to be dropped is the Ultra-1; faster CPUs
are available very easily for Ultra-2 and beyond.
May I suggest that a good use for your Ultra-1s is keeping a test platform
for your legacy Solaris 9 applications?
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