On 5/28/06, Moazam Raja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On May 28, 2006, at 12:09 AM, Kaiwai Gardiner wrote:
> Whats the status of your UltraSPARC workstation line?
> is there going
> to be a successor to the Blade 150?
Sun Ultra 45. If you want something cheaper, the Opteron based Ultra
20 is great. And if you want something cheaper but must have
UltraSparc, a used Sun Blade 1000/2000 will do you good.
> where does the x86 fit into the
> line up?
This is a very vague question. What *real* answer do you expect? A
'company' answer to this question would just be marketing speak and
meaningless to most people anyways. I suppose the real question is
'where does the current x86 lineup fit in *your* usage model'? For me
personally, the x86 line gives me the ability to purchase an
inexpensive fully supported Opteron server which runs Solaris 10/11
(x2100).
> are we going to eventually see an improved sound API or will
> we forever rely on third parties (OSS)?
I don't have an answer for this (I don't work for Sun), but if no one
else on this list responds with answer, please don't take it as Sun
is 'hiding' certain knowledge from the public. Most likely, the
people who know about this are just not on this list, or the decision
simply has not been made yet.
It's a bit harsh to claim that Sun is hiding information when in fact
Sun is probably the most 'open' company in the industry right now.
Well, being that Solaris 11/10.1 or what have you is a matter of a
year or so away - its not going to be good when the same problems are
plaguing Solaris whilst the closest competitor - Linux, has already
addressed the issue (ALSA) and other issues as well (DRI/DRM).
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