To be fair, I've had Linux boxes over the years that have been just as stable. The combination of the sun hardware and pretty rigorous kernel/software testing was a sweet deal though.
On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Travis Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah yes... the slowest, most stable operating system ever. Back in the day, > our email server ran on a Sun Ultra5 with over 8,000 accounts and regularly > had uptimes in years. Our DNS server was also on an Ultra5 with Solaris and > I think when we finally shut it down the uptime was over 5 years. > > Travis > > > On 3/2/2016 11:30 AM, Josh Reynolds wrote: >> >> Oh Solaris, how I kind-of miss thee. >> >> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 12:29 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Whenever I hear or think of Workstation, I think of a SUN SPARCstation or >>> something similar. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Adam Moffett >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 7:28 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Refurb Workstations >>> >>> I have had nothing but good luck with refurb desktops from Tiger >>> Direct. You can get very decent machines there for $300. >>> >>> On the other hand, we had two refurb laptops in a row that were flat our >>> broken. Not broken like "there's a cosmetic defect in the case," broken >>> like "screen does not function" and "keyboard does not function." >>> >>> >>> On 3/2/2016 4:00 AM, Gino Villarini wrote: >>>> >>>> good place to buy refurb workstations? need to revamp our support >>>> personnel PCs >>> >>> >
