On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:08:19 PST UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I got the > > gist of what you said: SPARC is overpriced for what > > it does. x86 is the saner option. What is > > your opinion on Sun's x86 offerings ( esp the Sun > > Ultra 20M2 ) ? > > Sun is currently playing this gimmick where the base price is really good, > but that same base configuration is useless, and Sun knows it. Then, as soon > as one starts getting the second disk drive ($360 per 500GB drive? You've GOT > to be kidding me!) or more memory ($360, what are those RAM chips made of, > Titanium?) the price goes through the roof. > > Would you want to do business with a company playing these kinds of games? > > As far as Ultra20 M2 is concerned, it's a desktop PC. And you already know > what I think about desktops. > <rant> I don't own any Sun hardware, but recently did a bit of shopping and noticed this as well. Looks like they're trying to "emulate" Dell, a company which I loathe, and needless to say, I decided to pass on the Sun hardware. Don't recall such games being played last time I looked a year or two ago. Base systems were priced attractively and surprisingly well fleshed out - for base systems. It was also surprising to learn that even if I purchase new Sun hardware with Solaris 10, I still must pay for support subscription on top of that to get patch updates. wtf are these marketing people thinking? Are customers really this desperate to use Solaris? I know I'm not. </rant> -- Best regards, Ken Gunderson Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon? _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
