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

["Dan Kriwitsky" <list1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On other distros and other Mac, Window systems even Linux you 
> can upgrade by purchasing a new disk, or doing a special 
> call, Debian for example will do apt-get -fuy dist-upgrade 
> and you have the latest OS and are humming right along.
> 
> Why in the world are we expected to stay at a Raq3 level when 
> we are now at Raq550 level.

Because you bought a RaQ3? Sun didn't make the RaQ3? It was never sold
by Sun? I own a mid-1990's Volvo. Why can't I get the latest Volvo for
free?

> 
> 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.

So they should just give away their work or spend thousands of extra
dollars developing software for a product they never sold that was "end
of life" a while ago?

Like you said, it's an appliance. There are newer washers and dryers but
Maytag is volunteering to upgrade my old one.

-- 
Dan Kriwitsky

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