Re: [cobalt-users] LX50 servers

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx>]

Milum Software wrote:
> 
> Has anyone on the list seen the new Cobalt LX50 server from Sun?
> 
> It looks like Sun is moving the futures cobalt servers to the Solaris to
> me. See http://sun.com front screen. I read the info on the front page of
> the site and it mostly pushes Solaris not Linux so I have to assume this
> means Solaris is in our future. I did see that the server is available with
> Sun Linux also but that makes it sound like they don't really want to use
> Linux.

There are no plans to move the Sun Cobalt appliances to Solaris for the
OS.  Solaris-on-x86 is an option for the LX50 due to the requests of some
niche players that Sun wanted to support.  That is why x86-Solaris will
only be supported on Sun hardware (LX50, etc).

There has been a lot of concern amongst the field personnel about the
x86-Solaris announcement being made at the same time as the LX50/Sun Linux
launchm, and that customers would see it as a mixed message/lack of support
for Linux, etc.  Please be assured that is NOT the case - Sun Linux is not
going away at all, and is the "main" OS for the LX50 and our other General
Purpose Linux servers.  x86-Solaris is just an option that those who want
can ask for.

Also, the LX50 is _not_ a "Sun Cobalt" server - it's the Sun(tm) LX50.

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Bruce Timberlake
Sun Cobalt Technology Engineer
Communications Market Area
Sun Microsystems - San Diego, CA

E: bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx
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