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Apparently it's not a new thing.

Possibly they really were infected? If it was first noted in July, published in Google search results and other sites that the site was infected, why did it take them so long to fix it? I noted that when I search this evening Google no longer shows them as infected/dangerous, perhaps they fixed the issue?

Safe browsing diagnostic:

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 163 pages we tested on the site over
the past 90 days, 1 page(s) resulted in
malicious software being downloaded and
installed without user consent. The last time
Google visited this site was on 2009-10-24,
and the last time suspicious content was
found on this site was on 2009-10-22.
Malicious software includes 8 trojan(s), 6 exploit(s), 4 scripting exploit(s).
Malicious software is hosted on 5 domain(s), including keymydomains.com/, ncenterpanel.cn/, updatedate.cn/

1 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including keymydomains.com/.
This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS21844 (THEPLANET).
Has this site hosted malware?
No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.

Solbourne was already dealing with Sun's hi jinks BEFORE Axil was even started. Tadpole came ALONG MUCH LATER. And obviously, you were not associated with any of these companies back then.

Umm, I know there's this odd phenomenon where many people tend to label any processor that's made by either Intel or AMD "non-proprietary" and any processor made by another company "proprietary", but even still this article is a little silly. SPARC processors have been in use since the late '80s, most people consider SPARC-based machines "Big Iron", and the SPARC processor architecture is fully open -- anyone who wants to can make SPARC processors. SPARCproductDIRectory lists a bunch of companies who currently do. In fact, there are probably just as many (if not more) SPARC manufacturers as there are X86 manufacturers.

You can get a better deal on IBM stuff here.

Ok, I should have seen this coming. Fujitsu sells RC extraction tools, has licensed an ARC core and they make SPARC processors. Obviously PARC was the missing link!

You put SUN in your list. That's just wrong. Sun has TONS of defects, but you won't find them recalling anything. Namely:

HUGE Cache problems with almost every Ultrasparc IIi

No link, but the A1000 defects that are fixed by literally 10's of patches.

Netras that have nics that don't work unless they auto-neg.

Ultras that have nics that don't work unless you hard set the speed.

I can go on, and on, and on...

Wish I had some mod points to bump this up!

A used sparc is a great recomendation. Or build your own:

www.sparcproductdirectory.com

Sure, no probs, I probably should have done that in my post first time round...

For PowerPC, Motorola actually roll their own there was a Slashdot article about it a while back. The Motorola ones are particularly cool because they are dual CPU and dual on board ethernet (and of course are regular ATX form factor). You could also get an AmigaOne board (ATX) (currently Pre-Order), or a Pegasos Dual board http://www.amigasuperbit.com/indexcataloge/531.htm (MicroATX).

You can a motherboard and CPU for ~600 Euro from these guys, which is not at all bad.

There are other sites too, but you do have to Google for them. All of these run Linux, and while they may not seem that fast from reading the specs, of if you've ever tried a Power Macintosh of a similar spec that seemed slow on that speed of CPU, don't worry as Linux is extremely fast in comparison to Mac OS X (quite amazingly so, especially as gcc does not optimise compiled code for Altivec (work currently being sponsored by Red Hat, and being done by Alan Cox I think I read...). I've posted this before, but Linux runs much faster than Mac OS X on my G4 PowerBook than Mac OS X does, there is so much difference it's in speed it's scary (and it's not just Mac OS X's GUI that slows the system down, general IO is slower, meaning *everything* (networking, disk access, memory usage) is slower [which is :-) or :-( depending on your position on Linux/Mac OS X :] ).

For SPARC, the SPARC Product Directory web site has quite a few places you buy them from. Tadpole are particularly cool as they make SPARC laptops. A lot of companies simply re-sell Sun parts they buy OEM.

One company, Sun Rise (UK) buy Sun motherboards, CPU's etc OEM from the US and resell them in their own cases in interesting & powerful configurations. Apparently this pisses of Sun UK, but Sun US are quite happy to keep selling them the parts, so they continue to build systems that way...

They are really very good systems and the midrange systems are a much better (and much cheaper) than anything Sun offers, there support is good too, but I think their sales & marketing side of things lets them down I think (their web site is appalling and they don't really seem to know how to drum up business with technology oriantated firms, e.g. ISP's, Telco's, the seem to be after other markets...). They are still worth looking at though...you will save 50% on the cost of hardware (compared to buying from Sun), and you'll get a much better midrange system than anything Sun currently offer.

NB: Sun Rise actually sell business (not consumer) products, but I thought this might be interesting to some people none the less.

Prices vary quite a bit for them (none charge as much as Sun though, most are less than half the cost). Second hand might be best if cost is a big consideration, a complete Dual CPU SPARC system can be had on ebay for ~700 USD.

As for Alpha systems, apart direct from HP/Compaq there are a few component sales in Google like these guys, but most of them are complete systems, badged as 'Workstations', an example is Microway who sell a reasonably affordable complete system (even ships with Red Hat or Windows 2000 (if you like that sort of thing ;)).

Alpha systems are more expensive than SPARC (and twice as much as PPC systems), and while I think the PPC systems are better value for money, if you did want to go 'all out' and get an Alpha system you can get one for around 1,300 USD (CPU + Motherboard).

Take a look at the secondary market of Sun hardware. For less than $1000, you can have an Ultra 2 workstation with SCSI disks and SMP capability. Or you get an older SPARCstation 10 or 20 that still supports SCSI-2 and up to 4 CPUs.

While these computers won't win CPU2000 flame wars, they really are beautiful machines that have full firmware, super-clean layout, and integrated Ethernet and SCSI. Also, you can run Solaris 8, Linux, NetBSD, and OpenBSD on them. They make great personal workstations (I have KDE on a 40MHz SS10--still usable) or great file or web servers. On top of that, they run forever (my SS10 is now 10 years old). Because they're SCSI, you can put big disks into them (9GB, no problem) and connect external tapes, CDROMs and Zip drives to them. Even the old ones support gobs of ram (at least 512MB). If you can figure it out, the SS10s even have integrated ISDN interfaces.

In short, they are a joy to work with.

There are many vendors, so be sure to get several quotes. Some vendors are arrogant and still think they can charge an arm and a leg for old hardware. Don't let them get you down, because you will find a good price if you are persistent. Also, try eBay or other auctions.