This is even worse news to learn about.... So now the only major server producer to guarantee fixes is Dell, followed by minor ones like Fujitsu, NEC. Any more trustable brands, after the kill of Sun, IBM and HP?
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Stuart Henderson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2015/03/18 01:00, Paolo Aglialoro wrote: > > yes I know the place, in fact I am asking here among friends to avoid > that > > madness: one buys a box with free fw updates, then a company takeover > > happens and updates+old files suddenly become something to pay for... > this > > is just unacceptable. > > > > As far as I know fewer and fewer people besides very large entities are > > buying oracle stuff lately. This policy is hurting their sales a lot, way > > more than their nonsense prices. Dell and HP are opening champagne > bottles, > > but this is hurting sparc64 platform. > > btw, HP (and IBM) have the same mercenary policy. > > > http://www.zdnet.com/article/hp-to-begin-charging-for-firmware-updates-and-service-packs-for-servers/ > >
