Re: [cobalt-users] Sun Fire V100/V120

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> Not sure if this as been discussed before, but search for Sun Fire
> V100 doesn't turn up anything, but was wondering if Sun has plans
> on migrating the stuff on Cobalt onto Sun Fire V100/V120/etc.?
>
> Anyone at Sun cares to elaborate?  I like the Sparc platform
> w/Solaris. How about selling the V100 with all the bell and
> whistles of the Cobalt. ie. Exact web interface management and so
> on, but instead of an Intel or AMD w/Linux, it'll be Sparc
> w/Solaris.  V100/V120 is a nice platform.
>
> Just thought I throw something out for discussion, and perhaps
> someone at Sun pick this up and run with it???

I can't comment officially, but I don't believe it is a plan of record 
(at least it wasn't in November 2002).  Appliances in general are 
pretty much dead as far as Sun's concerned. They are focusing on 
Linux on 'white boxes' (like LX50) and blades, and on their new 
'Desktop' product (whatever that turns out to be).  Everything but 
the 550 has either been EOL'd or probably will be very soon. Almost 
all of the 'old' Cobalt people left are on Sun Linux and LX50 teams 
now. Not many (any?) people doing any support work for the older 
products, and I don't believe anything new is in the works...

Sun management was always very intent on keeping Linux/Intel separate 
in as many ways as possible from anything Solaris/SPARC.  Having a 
low-end Solaris-based appliance would be too much of a marketing 
disaster for them to try and spin.

For what it's worth, early on in the acquisition there was a LOT of 
interest in porting the Cobalt UI to Solaris to make the darn things 
easier to handle.  Solaris engineers were continually amazed at how 
quickly I could set up a Qube/RaQ/etc, and wished aloud many times 
that Solaris were that easy...

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Bruce Timberlake

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