Re: [osol-discuss] The end of Sparc desktops?

2008-08-04 Thread Tim Scanlon
That may work, it may not for some things though. The environment I'm working in is composed of scientific one offs, We're already relying on VNC for similar issues, but not all of them. I'm not sure how consequential this will be, it may have very little impact. On the other hand the easiest

Re: [osol-discuss] The end of Sparc desktops?

2008-08-04 Thread Bob Palowoda
Why don't you use a Sun Ray and a Sun SPARC server? Interesting is the Sun Ray software going to become a project in the future for OpenSolaris? ---Bob This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list

Re: [osol-discuss] The end of Sparc desktops?

2008-08-04 Thread UNIX admin
I noticed today that Sun has stopped selling Sparc based desktop machines. I was sort of shocked by this to say the least. I have to support applications that have endian issues, and this could be painful. Does anyone know if Fujitsu or another vendor will pick up the slack? Who can say

Re: [osol-discuss] The end of Sparc desktops?

2008-08-04 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
I noticed today that Sun has stopped selling Sparc based desktop machines. I was sort of shocked by this to say the least. I have to support applications that have endian issues, and this could be painful. Does anyone know if Fujitsu or another vendor will pick up the slack?

Re: [osol-discuss] The end of Sparc desktops?

2008-08-04 Thread UNIX admin
If only a T2 based workstation could be produced at a reasonable price including a decent basic graphics card (and these days I think basic should _include_ some 3D acceleration as well as the capability and bandwidth to drive full 1080p video), I think that would kick tail as a

Re: [osol-discuss] The end of Sparc desktops?

2008-08-04 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
If only a T2 based workstation could be produced at a reasonable price including a decent basic graphics card (and these days I think basic should _include_ some 3D acceleration as well as the capability and bandwidth to drive full 1080p video), I think that would kick tail as a

[osol-discuss] The end of Sparc desktops?

2008-08-03 Thread Tim Scanlon
I noticed today that Sun has stopped selling Sparc based desktop machines. I was sort of shocked by this to say the least. I have to support applications that have endian issues, and this could be painful. Does anyone know if Fujitsu or another vendor will pick up the slack? Thanks, Tim

Re: [osol-discuss] The end of Sparc desktops?

2008-08-03 Thread Dennis Clarke
On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Tim Scanlon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I noticed today that Sun has stopped selling Sparc based desktop machines. I was sort of shocked by this to say the least. I have to support applications that have endian issues, and this could be painful. Does anyone know

Re: [osol-discuss] The end of Sparc desktops?

2008-08-03 Thread Peter Tribble
On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Tim Scanlon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I noticed today that Sun has stopped selling Sparc based desktop machines. I was sort of shocked by this to say the least. I have to support applications that have endian issues, and this could be painful. Well they haven't

Re: [osol-discuss] The end of Sparc desktops?

2008-08-03 Thread Dennis Clarke
On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 3:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why don't you use a Sun Ray and a Sun SPARC server? You can't toss a Sun Ray in your car and drive to a customer site. Ever tried it ? In the *real* world where I live you need a Sparc based machine that has enough grunt and memory