Dale Ghent wrote: > I have to say that when Sun ceased production of the last SPARC > desktop, I winced a bit. And I agree, though, that the need for SPARC > workstations in this day and age are clearly for the "misc. reasons" > you speak of. > > In light of that, I cannot imagine those users being sufficient enough > to keep design, manufacturing, and support for SPARC workstation a > viable and profitable venture. > > I know some people are up in arms over this (witness today's post of a > "revive SPARC desktops" petition on osol-announce) but as much as I > like SPARC hardware, I cannot help but to think that those wishing for > its return to the desktop are doing so more for nostalgic reasons than > practical ones. If one is really hard up about running SPARC-only X > apps, then by all means get a Intel workstation and a SPARC server to > X-display the app from. > > While I tend to agree with your points I still have this thought. When Sun started their business in creating workstations, there was no user base. But they pulled it off with their technical superiority on their platforms. Do you think Sun has lost their technical superiority or just has lost all interest in workstations. I see it as lost interest. I thought when they got Andy von Bechtolsheim back they would produce sparc workstations again. I guess I was wrong. I don't know exactly what brick wall they hit to stop development of the workstation.
Any way, the trend is now X64 Workstations. Sun has worked in helping port this platform with various MCAD and ECAD companies. I only hope is gets widely utilized and has more applications ported from Sparc. Paul
