[SunRescue] Q on "optimal" OS for Sun4c machines, now that So laris 8 won't run

[P.A.OsborneP.A.Osborne at ukc.ac.uk]

On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 05:19:26PM -0500, scohen - Stephen Cohen wrote:
> Y'all forget - Sun isn't interested in meeting our needs.  Instead, it is
> interested in SELLING COMPUTERS.  

Agreed. 

> This is the exact argument to support our positions - that companies should
> not rely on manufacturers to serve as R&D.  It is our job to counter the
> proposals to purchase shiny, new equipment, particularly when a cadre of old
> boxes serve to feed the cash cow.

>From my position I cant justify financially keeping the older SS2s etc,
the maintenance for a SS2 with 4 hour call out from Sun costs my employer
around 400 gbp per year - we can get new Ultra5s  for just over 800 and
the maintenance is absolutely minimal for the first three years.

Paul