It's official. The partner announcement email was sent out on Tuesday.
Dante On Jul 19, 2013, at 10:18 AM, Steven Gelsie <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anybody got the official response from Oracle ? Our Oracle sales rep. > has been trying for several days without any success. > > Steve > > On 07/19/13 05:00, [email protected] wrote: >> Send SunRay-Users mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of SunRay-Users digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Sun Ray alternatives? (Leigh Porter) >> 2. Re: Sun Ray alternatives? (Garry Taylor) >> 3. Re: Goodby Sun Ray ... (Chris Kordish) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:17:59 +0000 >> From: Leigh Porter <[email protected]> >> To: SunRay-Users mailing list <[email protected]> >> Cc: SunRay-Users mailing list <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [SunRay-Users] Sun Ray alternatives? >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> I have a couple of Sunray laptops you can arrange from me. >> >> We never used them! >> >> -- >> Leigh Porter >> >> >> On 18 Jul 2013, at 13:02, "Garry Taylor" >> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> We were just about to buy another Sun Ray laptop, and perhaps upgrade the >> server software too. Not much money really, but we'd have used up a lot of >> time doing it. Thinlinc does look pretty nice, hope they get more business >> out of this. >> >> Garry >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Leigh Porter >> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> On 18 Jul 2013, at 12:47, "Garry Taylor" >> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> Hi Thomas, >>> I expect I'll pass on it, I'm sure SGD is excellent, but as a tiny >>> operation, dealing with the big boys can be torturous. Sun was OK, IBM has >>> been largely impossible to navigate, the moment I express my tiny budget, >>> they practically hung up on me! >>> >>> If I can deal with a much smaller shop like Axel, I'll grab that >>> opportunity with both hands.. >> Totally, oracle and IBM are a pain unless you give them lots of money. >> >> I think I'll go with thinlinc, I've got a server ready and ill migrate >> clever staff next week. >> >> Glad I heard this now as I was about to buy more rays and pay for support >> for a year. >> >> -- >> Leigh >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. >> For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> _______________________________________________ >> SunRay-Users mailing list >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. >> For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> _______________________________________________ >> SunRay-Users mailing list >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. >> For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://www.filibeto.org/pipermail/sunray-users/attachments/20130718/9362962c/attachment-0001.html> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:19:05 +0100 >> From: Garry Taylor <[email protected]> >> To: SunRay-Users mailing list <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [SunRay-Users] Sun Ray alternatives? >> Message-ID: >> <cao38p51kc2yb0g7pwyfisqk7vvhfqio+r+nqmabdzmrshkt...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> Hi Leigh, very kind but I think we'll see how with go with VNC, if it works >> OK, then we can get some hardware Axel units if we decide we need them. >> >> Cheers >> >> Garry >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Leigh Porter >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I have a couple of Sunray laptops you can arrange from me. >>> >>> We never used them! >>> >>> -- >>> Leigh Porter >>> >>> >>> On 18 Jul 2013, at 13:02, "Garry Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> We were just about to buy another Sun Ray laptop, and perhaps upgrade >>> the server software too. Not much money really, but we'd have used up a lot >>> of time doing it. Thinlinc does look pretty nice, hope they get more >>> business out of this. >>> >>> Garry >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Leigh Porter < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 18 Jul 2013, at 12:47, "Garry Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Thomas, >>>>> I expect I'll pass on it, I'm sure SGD is excellent, but as a tiny >>>> operation, dealing with the big boys can be torturous. Sun was OK, IBM has >>>> been largely impossible to navigate, the moment I express my tiny budget, >>>> they practically hung up on me! >>>>> If I can deal with a much smaller shop like Axel, I'll grab that >>>> opportunity with both hands.. >>>> >>>> Totally, oracle and IBM are a pain unless you give them lots of money. >>>> >>>> I think I'll go with thinlinc, I've got a server ready and ill migrate >>>> clever staff next week. >>>> >>>> Glad I heard this now as I was about to buy more rays and pay for support >>>> for a year. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Leigh >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>>> This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. >>>> For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com >>>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> SunRay-Users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>> This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. >>> For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com >>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SunRay-Users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>> This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. >>> For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com >>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SunRay-Users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://www.filibeto.org/pipermail/sunray-users/attachments/20130718/623d307f/attachment-0001.html> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:20:33 -0400 >> From: Chris Kordish <[email protected]> >> To: SunRay-Users mailing list <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [SunRay-Users] Goodby Sun Ray ... >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> Oracle bought the largest share of their SW customer base who owned Sun HW >> and then simply jacked up the HW support prices. A very shortsighted >> strategy indeed.... >> >> Further Oracle had already laid plans/direction w.r.t. Linux vs. Solaris >> x86. Linux already garnered most all of the mind share in the ISV world. >> Even though Solaris had so much more its hard to fight against the ISV >> machine and win. That was how SPARC lead for so long.. But SPARC is pretty >> much dead now... being overrun by Linux/Windows daily....an error of prior >> leadership@SUNW.... >> >> As a Solaris aficionado this was quite sad. As a Sunray aficionado recent >> news is just horrible.. >> >> Chris >> cskordish at gmail dot com >> >> Rodney Sparapani <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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 >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SunRay-Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >> >> >> End of SunRay-Users Digest, Vol 114, Issue 20 >> ********************************************* > > > -- > Steven Gelsie Email: [email protected] > Johns Hopkins Univ./APL Phone: 240-228-4081 DC > 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd 443-778-4081 Baltimore > Laurel, MD 20723-6099 FAX: 240-228-6119 > Work Schedule : Mon-Thurs 8:30AM-5PM > Friday Work At Home > > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
