Thanx for replies. Glad to see replies from the top engineer's from Sun and from other companies. No doubt Sun Microsystems is a equal opportunity employer and i guess stands in worlds richest and most renowned companies.
Everything about Sun hardware,software is excellent. Just 2 minutes of downtime in a 365 days is enough for Sun servers. Windows cant stand anywhere around I bet. But, the point is, how many engineers, administrators in country like India,Sri Lanka,Bangaladesh,Pakista, UAE are aware of latest technology introduced by Sun. How many engineering students know about the portofolio of Sun Microsystems not just in Java thing but also in Servers and Soalris OS ? The answer is > not more than 20 % for sure. Sun is famous in US & Europe. No doubt. May be Sun Microsystems is not really interested to advertise there OS related product & server produts in South Asia. Or may be it's a communication gap between Marketing people and dealers who deal in Sun hardware and other products. Well, Singapore,Japan,China,Philipines,Malaysia = No doubt these countries know Sun well and they use Sun hardware,software everything. I just went to computer institutes to find Sun education. And i was shocked, nobody offer training for Solaris 10. Well doesn't matter, commands & rest of the things are same in Solaris 9 & in 10. But they should introduce Solaris 10 track. Secondly, I never seen any events organized by Sun Microsystems in cities in India . ( Yes there are events but they are 3~4 days long events and only available in selected 2~3 bigger indian cities with the cost os 100 US$ onwards ) Just i went to a event 2 months ago in my city organized by Sun. The reason> as they opened a R & D center in my city. Is that all ? Engineer's, administrators want to see demo's, presentations and want to have talks with Sun people face to face. And at this point Microsoft grabbed the whole market in India. Well, these all are different topic's. TCO and blah blah blah. Microsoft really advertises a lot about its product, they have MVP program which encourages people to contribute and the effect of all this = quick support for Microsoft OS any time, anywhere . ( Could Sun think of starting activities like Microsoft? Which could boost awareness of OpenSolaris 10 & ofcourse Sun hardware? Apple currently for promotion purpose offers 3 years warranty on i macs sold in India.) I never seen any frequent event by Sun Microsystems in my city. Same with Apple. We have 8 mac machines. Support of Apple is poor. All I want to say, companies still prefer Windows platform because TCO is low. Solaris is FREE. But it's like "White elephant is free" for you. Whats next ? Ha.. Appoint a engineer who is experienced Solaris admin and other things. ANd it's the fact compare to Windows/Linux admins , there are less Solaris engineers. Alright then, I dont mean to fight, but it is true. You all are sitting at United States, Europe & in famous cities in India like Bangalore which is the IT hub from the beginning. But not me, not rest of the engineer's. It's a comment come suggesion, "Hey Sun guys come and reach to us". And show the power of Sun hardware & OS. Presentation, online videos are not 100 % useful to get information about what particular company deals in. Last month Microsoft guys showed added features in Exchange 2007 , NORTEL showed how is it possible voice,video,data over IP phone-Exchange-PDA's and normal EPBX lines using NORTEL's IP phone. Ahh it was product advertisement but good 1. :) Atleast now people know what NORTEL do..Hehe !! . This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
