They *better* not go down, given what they cost. MANY shops can/are implementing far more cost-effective solutions on cheap Intel/Linux boxes (clustered @ app-level) rather than 6 or 7 figure solutions on SPARC (plus the mandatory services and support deals), with ridiculous scaling costs. $8000 for a CPU board. Yeah, okay.
This Solaris/x86 thing is a stopgap to avoid hemorraghing any more customers - all 12 that care about it.
Sun is a company in search of an identity in the post-.com era. Every time I see our rep, there's a new angle. Lease buybacks, competitive HW buybacks, etc. "We're 100% behind open source. Really." Yeah tell me that when you have ported Linux (and support) to all your boxes/platforms. Like someone else we know.
Where does it stand in relation to UUNET and CW? I thought that CW bought the switching/routing stuff and ISP customers (as of then), while WCOM retained the physical plant (layer 1).
Anyone know?
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They *better* not go down, given what they cost. MANY shops can/are implementing far more cost-effective solutions on cheap Intel/Linux boxes (clustered @ app-level) rather than 6 or 7 figure solutions on SPARC (plus the mandatory services and support deals), with ridiculous scaling costs. $8000 for a CPU board. Yeah, okay.
This Solaris/x86 thing is a stopgap to avoid hemorraghing any more customers - all 12 that care about it.
Sun is a company in search of an identity in the post-.com era. Every time I see our rep, there's a new angle. Lease buybacks, competitive HW buybacks, etc. "We're 100% behind open source. Really." Yeah tell me that when you have ported Linux (and support) to all your boxes/platforms. Like someone else we know.
Where does it stand in relation to UUNET and CW? I thought that CW bought the switching/routing stuff and ISP customers (as of then), while WCOM retained the physical plant (layer 1). Anyone know?