The thread originally started off on desktop-discuss, where you can
read the previous postings at:
http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=68296
Notice that I said "*if* no SPARC workstation is ever sold again" - I
can't comment publicly on Sun's hardware plans until they are
announced by the product groups in question - I was just offering
alternatives, since it as people have noticed with the end of the
UltraSPARC IIIi line we are in a period with no SPARC workstations
being sold - but I can't say if that's temporary or permanent, sorry.
As John suggests Sun's sales and IHV/ISV relations people are the
right contacts, this is an open source software development discussion
list, with engineers who work on the X Window System, and we don't
have the right people here to answer questions or take your input
about Sun's hardware strategy.
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
Daniel Quinlan wrote:
> Perhaps I misunderstood this, but as I read it, it says is that
> you can still use SPARC if you have a server where you can run the
> application. I can't find the original posting from Alan Coopersmith, I
> guess, so maybe I missed the context.
>
> Do you have a suggestion where to discuss future hardware offerings?
> We've gotten conflicting answers, and it's an issue of concern to us
> and growing concern to our current customers.
>
> Thanks,
> -- danq
>
> >> Even if no SPARC workstation is ever sold again after the end of
> >> the current UltraSPARC-IIIi line, it's not the end of the SPARC
> >> desktop, nor of being able to develop and/or run SPARC desktop
> >> applications.
> >>
> >> Other options include:
> >> - Sun Rays running off a SPARC server
> >> - Using X11 to remote display 2-D apps from a SPARC server to
> >> another box
> >> - Using VirtualGL/Sun Shared Visualization to remote display 3-D
> >> renderings from a SPARC server to another box
> >> - Using Transitive software to run SPARC applications on x86 boxes
> On Aug 11, 2008, at 12:56 PM, John Martin wrote:
>
>> Daniel Quinlan wrote:
>>> From my point of view, if there are no future SPARC workstations,
>>> that's the end of my
>>> development efforts on SPARC, because our market doesn't include
>>> sparc servers.
>>> If the plan is truly to move out of sparc on the low end, I'd like
>>> to know about it, so we can
>>> plan our transition to other platforms.
>>>
>> While this is the wrong alias to discuss future hardware offerings,
>> please reread the posting(s) to which you responded. It very clearly
>> said it is not the end of the SPARC desktop nor the ability to run
>> SPARC desktop applications.
>>
>
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