Come to think of it, OpenSolaris probably does too.
On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: > I've heard that open/netBSD run pretty well on those. > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think I have a couple Ultra 5 pizza boxes here slated for the recycler, if >> anyone wants one for their museum. Also I think there's a DS10L AlphaServer >> if anyone misses OpenVMS. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Josh Reynolds >> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 3:41 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Refurb Workstations >> >> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >> >>
