Oracle does *not* consider T Series SPARC to be a general systems chipset. They own the IP and can determine the gross margin of that system's price. Intel servers are commodity and must be priced to market forces.
David McDorman Solutions Architect Cell: 209-629-0130 www.FusionStorm.com 800.228.TECH On May 28, 2012, at 1:47 AM, Erik Trimble <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/27/2012 10:18 AM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: >> On Sat, 26 May 2012, Garrett D'Amore wrote: >>> >>> Does Oracle own "SPARC", or just the only company doing SPARC designs? >>> (Have Fujitsu pulled out entirely of the SPARC space?) >> >> Obviously, Fujitsu has *not* pulled out of the SPARC space. They have been >> designing new interesting SPARC CPUs and last I checked (couple of months >> ago), the fastest computer in the world uses SPARC CPUs. >> >> While Fujitsu likely has full access to Solaris 11 sources, they may very >> well have an interest in the Illumos effort even if they are smart enough >> not to express this interest while they still have a close relationship with >> Oracle. Oracle does not seem to have an interest in the type of large >> systems that Fujitsu is building since Oracle is primarily interested in >> Oracle-designed T-series SPARC and running the Oracle application stack. >> >> Bob > > this. > > Remember, all the M-class systems that Sun and Oracle sell are simply > re-badged Fujitsu systems. As in, *literally* re-badged. :-) > > Frankly, really soon now I expect that Fujitsu will be the only source for > SPARC-based general-purpose systems, as soon as Oracle gets through telling > their customer base that they're Soooo Sorry, Please Migrate. I got the > very, very strong feeling while at Oracle that the faster they could exit the > general-purposes systems market, the better. > > -Erik > > > > ------------------------------------------- > illumos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175675-aa17ae5c > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
