Re: [cobalt-users] I have the dumb question of the day/week/year

[Thom LaCosta <baltimoremd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Dave Thurman (Mailing List Email) wrote:

>
> Why in the world are we expected to stay at a Raq3 level when we are now at
> Raq550 level. As an owner of a Cobalt server I should be able to get updates
> and upgrades to the newest distro, with out getting out a bunch of test
> tools and soldering irons. IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN APPLIANCE.

Sure it's an appliance. And, as an appliance operator, none of us should
expect to be "tinkering" under the hood (g).  It's probably unrealistic to
wish that you could keep your server updated.

>
> So what about it. Does Sun just expect us to buy new machines each time
> there is a new model?? The new model of course has a newer OS.

Oh course they do.  One of these days, some savvy Cobalt users and/or
folks who see the market potential will offer things to us appliance
operators that Sun won't.

The sad part is that as long as there is a ready source of folks who need
appliances, there will be a ready source of new customers who don't know
any better, and Sun can maintain it's myopic viewpoint on customer
loyalty.

thom

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