[cobalt-users] RE: Upcoming Cobalts and Sphera Not All that... after all

["Nicolae" <nicolaep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I am trying to find out if SUN is/might be coming out with a new 
> > appliance within the next 3-6 months.
> 
> Before then, I would think... :)

I hope so too... I am holding back because of bad rumors on the Sphera
side.

> 
> > "IBM Takes On Sun Cobalt"
> > and I'm sure 1/2 of the 40 add-ons are trial and have to buy them.

Not only that but I hear that they are all full of bugs.. that is the UI
 
> All their commercial "ValueApps" are 30-day trial versions. 
> Other stuff (PostgreSQL, etc) is free though... as it is on 
> our servers (pre-installed no less!)  A lot of their apps are 
> Java applets, etc...

Very nicely done and very attractive in their demo site and 
flash presentation.  Lots of goodies but for 30 days.. Hmm I don't know.
I don't like that.  I guess they tried the flashy way but it ends 
up being more 'crashy'.

> 
> > I like the fact that you are not limited to a 512 MB ram 
> and a certain 
> > CPU speed.  These can be upgraded up to 1.5 gig of ram.
> 
> Yeah, but a 900MHz Celeron?  It _is_ faster than the AMD 
> 450MHz in the RaQ4, I'll give you that.  But for a "cutting 
> edge" brand new server to come out with a 900MHz Celeron?  
> The only way to offset the expense of Sphera (an outsourced 
> UI, not in-house controlled) I guess... :)

I read somewhere that they are in IRAN based company 
that did the UI / GUI and such.  They had no 'real live' testing
labs to "really" test out the machine/gui and such.  I read
lots of stories where other companies pulled out the servers 1 week 
into workings and they were happy they did not transfer "all" hosting
clients / accounts and such because of many bugs.

> All I can say is continue to be patient, and I'll bet you 
> will hear _something_ from Sun within a month... and it's 
> probably better than a 900MHz Celeron and 1.5GB of RAM... :)

For me it is a perfect thing.  Less maintenance and less admin
and more design, more clients to get and less price for hosting.

To me the most important thing on the RAQ as of this day is the
ChilliSoft software (and mySQL).  That is *very* important to me.

Thanks Bruce...