Sun to certify it's servers for Ubuntu?

2008-04-05 Thread Daniel Mons
http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9911332-16.html http://seekingalpha.com/article/71011-sun-microsystems-next-linux-move Speaking from the point of view of a corporate Linux Sysadmin and an Ubuntu lover, this is great news. The idea of buying Sun hardware bundled with Ubuntu, MySQL, and

Re: Sun to certify it's servers for Ubuntu?

2008-04-05 Thread Dave Hall
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 20:10 +1000, Daniel Mons wrote: http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9911332-16.html http://seekingalpha.com/article/71011-sun-microsystems-next-linux-move Speaking from the point of view of a corporate Linux Sysadmin and an Ubuntu lover, this is great news. The idea of

Re: Sun to certify it's servers for Ubuntu?

2008-04-05 Thread Daniel Mons
Dave Hall wrote: Well lets look at recent history: * SPARC Will not be a supported platform for hardy - see https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-March/000400.html * Dapper was certified for the Niagara based SunFire T2000s, but then Sun changed the hardware to

Re: Sun to certify it's servers for Ubuntu?

2008-04-05 Thread Karl Goetz
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 23:08 +1000, Daniel Mons wrote: Dave Hall wrote: Well lets look at recent history: * SPARC Will not be a supported platform for hardy - see https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-March/000400.html * Dapper was certified for the Niagara