I'd probably agree Solaris may not last too long on x86, it's commodity hardware, and little profit in it. You may be able to sell billions of dollars worth of x86 gear, but if you're not making any profit, not much point.
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Fuerle, Thomas <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Rodney, > > I wouldn't bet that Solaris survives, at least not on x86, where > everything turns into Linux now. The reduce also the available boxes every > year. At the end there will be maybe Java and some "specialized" machines > like Exa* or even something new as the wind of SAP Hana blows stronger > every day. > > just some thoughts ... thomas > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] Im Auftrag von Rodney Sparapani > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. Juli 2013 15:32 > An: [email protected]; SunRay-Users mailing list > Betreff: Re: [SunRay-Users] Goodby Sun Ray ... > > > On 07/17/2013 07:41 AM, Jim Klimov wrote: > snip, snip, snip ... > > Even if Oracle's reasons were monetary, I don't think they dumped this > > direction because it was not profitable - it might have been just not > > ridiculously lucrative, and the big corporation does not meddle with > > small sales. After all, some of this list's members, I understand, > > have thin client businesses? Do they at least sustain themselves? ;) > > > > //Jim > > Hi Jim et al. > > The whole thing is mystifying to me. Why pay billions for Sun if you > aren't going to move forward with their tech? As far as I can see, the > only thing that survives is Java, Solaris and SPARC. But, Oracle could > have kept their foot in those for nothing without buying Sun!?! Certainly, > IBM, or whomever, would have kept those going. It just doesn't make sense > ;o( > > -- > Rodney Sparapani, PhD Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research > Sr. Biostatistician http://www.mcw.edu/pcor > 4 wheels good, 2 wheels better! Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) > WWLD?: What Would Lombardi Do? Milwaukee, WI, USA > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users > _________________ > Diese Nachricht wurde vom OeNB Mailserver TLS verschluesselt empfangen > > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >
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