Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ4 End of Life

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> I like how these threads go from supposition to fact in 5 posts or
> less. When did Sun say they are no longer going to support the
> RaQ4? When did they say the RaQ4 was going to be EOL? So far all I
> have seen is they're no longer selling the product because the AMD
> processor it was based on is no longer made.

When Sun EOLs a product, it is supported for 3-5 years (3 years for 
the Cobalt stuff, 5 years for SPARC/Solaris stuff) as far as patches, 
updates, etc. go...  So even though you can't buy a RaQ 4 anymore, 
sustaining engineering should still be putting together patches etc 
for a couple more years.

I'm pretty sure the EOL _was_ announced, but it would have been a few 
months ago (August maybe? Same time CacheRaQ was EOL'd).  EOL is 
announced 90 days (?) before the product stops becoming orderable.

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Bruce Timberlake