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

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On 1/9/03 12:31 PM, "alan@" wrote:

TOP POST: Very good post Alan! And very on the money, sad to say.

> Hi guys,
> 
> I admire all your enthusiasm, but...
> 
> Is it really a good idea to expend so much time and effort on extending the
> life of machines that are, lets face it, past the sell by date ?
> 
> I don't mean to be rude, but when processors are cheap, memory is cheaper,
> and Hdisks are cheap, what is the point in trying to drag RAQs into the 21st
> century ?
> 
> Only one point seems to come up again and again... the GUI.
> 
> I use the raq gui and Ensim on a white box, and although the ensim offers
> more options thru the gui, the raq is easier to use.
> 
> I realise that linux doesn't need 2 gig cpus etc, but, lets face it, pretty
> soon, the market will be so small for replacement parts that the boxes will
> die anyway.
> 
> I see the future as a decent gui, as the raq provides (for inexperienced
> users), not sticking with a 450 Mhz cpu just because its expensive to
> replace now.
> 
> Sun may or may not have effectively killed this product, but they are in
> business, as are we. We have to move on and as the saying goes "adopt, adapt
> and improve".
> By all means extend the life of your existing machines if you can, but the
> end is in sight. I for one am looking for alternatives for any product that
> I buy NOW. You have to look long term, even though in this business that
> means 6 months max.
> 
> Besides which, of course, larger companies than I, can afford to rent me
> machines and Bwidth at a cost far below anything I can achieve, so it
> becomes inefficient to run the low spec machines. Plus of course there is
> always an upgrade path available with rental, whereas the buy outright
> option leaves me with a doorstop increasingly swiftly.
> 
> I will be sorry to see the end of the raqs but, hey, its only a tool.
> 
> Alan (trying to be fair but sane)
> 
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