Re: [cobalt-users] What's this?

[Grant Stern <grant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> Seriously, they are cannibalizing from Cobalt it seems.  However,
>> this may be highly useful, a general purpose machine that acts
>> like a cobalt, prices like a cobalt, smells like marketing.  I do
>> have an affinity for the smooth power of RISC architecture boxes,
>> and apparently, the army does too.
> 
> All Sun servers (Netra and SunFire included) are general purpose servers,
> and do not "act like a Cobalt" - there's no UI, no pre-configured apps,
> etc.

Ok, to quote from the article:
"The V120 and Netra 120 both come with software and an integrated management
card with its own network connection that allows system administrators to
manage the servers more easily, Sun said. The products let the server's
identity be transferred to another if it crashes and lets administrators
control the system remotely from a central console.

The servers also include with Sun Open Network Environment (Sun ONE)
software for hosting Web sites, Sun said. "

To me, that sounds an awful lot like what the cobalt gui has.  But, what is
the integrated management card all about?  What are the differences between
Sun ONE and the cobalt gui?

> And don't forget we have a general purpose Linux server coming later this
> summer, being released under the Cobalt brand.

>> What says you Bruce?  Any collaboration between the cobalt folks and
>> the low end server (I resent my box being called that) folks?
> 
> The SunFire V100 is just a renamed Netra X1, which is physically sized like
> a RaQ4, and was Sun's low-cost server (<$1000) before buying Cobalt.  It's
> a GP box, not an appliance.  You need to know Solaris to do anything with
> it.

Does this mean a raq that still keeps warranty after unofficial is
installed??

> Since the acquisition, there has been a steady flow of collaboration in
> both directions between the Netra team and the Cobalt group.  Each of us
> has stuff to give and take with the others; it's all part of being one big
> happy Sun family.  :)

Kewl, I hope your family is happier than my family :)
 
>> And what about this article:
>> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020602/wr_nm/column_nettr
>> ends_dc_1
>> 
>> Sun abolishing offices and just storing everything on their network?  Do you
>> do that?
> 
> Yeah, actually the Flex Offices are like that.  It's actually pretty nifty
> how it all works, and it definitely saves a lot of $$ on real estate when
> you have 1 desk for every 2-4 bodies.  Not all departments do this; mostly
> sales, etc, who are (or should be) out of the office on a regular basis.

I thought it actually seemed like a very kewl idea from a mobility
standpoint.  After all, if you make the dogfood, shouldn't you feed it to
your dog?

Of course it solves another problem that I encountered while working for a
San Diego based dot-bomb.  They used to de-hire people, with no office, you
can simply delete them ;)

> Or you can be a lucky SOB like me and work from home.  :)

Us lucky SOBs got it made, eh :)
gs
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