> Exactly. I don't recommend frankenstein systems for > production > environments.
Thank You for calling my 1U, 2 x dual core Opteron servers "Frankenstein systems". I take offense to that, because I spend lots of time building my servers around Solaris 10 compatibility. As a result, Solaris 10 1/06 will SCREAM on the Opteron (and P4) systems that I build, and I build those MAXED OUT on disk and RAM, for a much lower price than Sun, Dell or HP equivalents. With so much time and effort spent into passionate system build & design, I have to say it's pretty demeaning when someone calls the fruits of your labor "Frankenstein systems", just because there is no "Sun", "HP" or "DELL" label on the front bezel. Once again, thanks! > True as well. No, not necessarily. Back to Dennis's comment, there is a fourth type of a customer, and that's someone who has the Solaris and HW expertise in-house and has just started their own firm and doesn't have the cash coming out of the nose to spend on overpriced DECENT CONFIG systems. This type of a customer needs Sun's support -- primarily with Solaris. If Sun is indeed serious about touting Solaris as THE OE, then they better put their money where their mouth is -- you can't compete effectively in the x86 arena by saying "it's not on the HCL -- we won't support you". That won't work any more, because customers can now run Solaris on ANY i86pc HW, and it is not realistic to expect Sun's customers to not do that. Furthermore, if I paid fair-and-square for my Solaris Platinum 24/7/365 support, and I log a support case, and it's a Solaris problem, I expect Sun to FIX IT, not tell me they won't fix it because the HW in question is not on the HCL, or it's not a Sun system. That's how you get booted out of the shop real fast, and down the road (when the company is making money) DELL and HP get in the door. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
