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

[Jeff Bilicki <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> 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...

This was also discuss on the Sun forums
http://supportforum.sun.com/cgi-bin/WebX.cgi?13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx^23@.eeb2d5a/

Jeff-