Re: [cobalt-developers] nice knowing you all!

["Kevin D" <kdlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Personally, I'd prefer a solaris-based system with a 64 bit sun cpu. Then
again, I'd prefer a complete sun system as opposed to the appliance I have
now... If sun can put that kind of hardware/software into a box for the
price of the Raq4, I'd buy!

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert G. Fisher" <rfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] nice knowing you all!


> On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 09:43:53AM -0700, Jeff Lasman wrote:
> > I figured out most of this without reading the quote; it makes sense to
> > migrate at least the hardware.  I didn't forsee the switch to Solaris,
> > and frankly, I still don't; I just see "Schwartz" as seeing a different
> > future.  I see no reason for Sun to put Solaris into their low-end
> > package while supporting Linux (as they're beginning to do) in their
> > high-end packages.
>
> I've only seen marginal acceptance of Linux.  I get the impression
> that the only thing Sun likes about Linux is the hype generated
> around it gets more people looking to UNIX type systems than
> just the Microsoft platforms.  Long term, Sun probably wishes Linux
> would die, more competing unices mean there's less profit margin
> for their solaris software after all.
>
> > For those of us on the developers list, possibly.  But we're an
> > extremely small part of Cobalt's market.  And for appliance users it
> > won't matter at all.  Do you really care if Sears changes the motor
> > manufacturer for their washing machines?
>
> True, most people won't care, except for one tidbit -- people did
> seem to care when Cobalt switched from mips to the amd k6 as this
> allowed people to use the standard i386 rpm's out there for various
> titles.  Switching to a Sun hardware and solaris system will mean
> that those users won't find free tidbits as easily; although, if
> free tidbits were what they were looking for, that comes at the
> price of taking the time to rtfm, something most app boxes don't
> care to do.
>
> Look at Cisco's equipment -- how many people use these appliances?
> How many people care what's in these appliances?
>
> --
> Robert G. Fisher                  Sitestar.net, Inc.
> Senior System Engineer            (540) 666-9533 x 116
>
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