[geeks] Has Sun Learned from SGI's Mistakes?

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 10:28:54AM -0600, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> As seen on "the other place", a fresh Sun press release indicates that
> they'll be shipping Linux/x86 boxen as "low-end" servers under the "Sun"
> name (instead of just under the "Cobalt" brand). I hope they fare better
> than SGI did when they attempted that.
> 
>   http://www.sun.com/2002-0206/linux/
> 
> I just have to ask:  "Why?"  They've -got- a kick-ass product line.
> There's no need muck about with all that x86 crapola, especially when
> the migration path they're giving for their customers involves a
> platform/OS change.

Since when are Cobalts Intel machines?  I thought that they ran MIPS.

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Joshua D. Boyd