Jensen Lee wrote:
> Thank you, but I meant "Solaris", if I wanted anything else I would have gone
> to a different hardware. I have Sun, because I prefer Solaris and it is so
> disappointing to see that not even Sun believe in their own hardware. Sun
> hardware used to be purchased with confidence because it maintained a good
> second hand market value. But now who would trust buying Sun hardware anymore.
Sun has never supported any piece of hardware forever - all of
them eventually have support dropped. sun4c support was dropped
from Solaris 8, sun4d from Solaris 9, sun4m & Ultra 1 from Solaris 10,
it's just time for the next round in the next Solaris release.
> This might sound like a provocatory post, but I think that it is necessary to
give Sun a wake-up call on this matter.
Then you're sending it to the wrong place - a few engineers read
opensolaris-help, but I doubt any of the VP's who decide what to
fund will ever know you posted, and it's going to be a lot harder
sell now. In case you haven't read the press, Sun is losing money,
and isn't going to solve that by spending more on supporting hardware
that hasn't been sold in year and isn't likely to bring in enough
paid support contracts to cover the expense of providing that support.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
