Update- i want to add that it seems Mr. Fowler has confimerd that Oracle stopped developing new servers around AMD CPUs and will use Intel CPUs only, looks like a move from Jobs playbook;)
excerpt: "In the interview, Fowler confirmed earlier reports that Oracle has stopped developing servers based on AMD chips and is standardizing, for now at least, on Intel processors. Oracle's x86 strategy is not to offer "every size, shape and color" of server, Fowler said. Oracle will continue to sell two-socket x86 servers that customers can buy on a standalone basis, but its main goal is to engineer systems for larger, "mission-critical" environments such as those that use Oracle's clustering software. "When you look at our strategy to have a core, enterprise platform and do the integration and value-add on top of that, having every possible variation of processor and system is not as important," Fowler said. It is possible the company will use AMD chips again in the future, he said" http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/203018/oracle_provides_sparc_road_map_but_questions_remain.html -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
