You (Ian Collins) wrote:
> On 08/ 5/10 06:32 PM, Richard L. Hamilton wrote:
>>> The nVIDIA device driver is written by nVIDIA, not
>>> Oracle!
>>>
>>> Solaris/OpenSolaris is not specifically a Server or
>>> Workstation OS, it's an
>>> OS. People use it. Oracle/Sun currently only sells
>>> server-hardware. So, trying
>>> to derive from that fact, that Solaris/OpenSolaris is
>>> only a server OS is a
>>> conclusion done by someone. But, if people would be
>>> using Solaris/OpenSolaris
>>> more for Desktop, then that would be helping nVIDIA
>>> in porting/migrating (my
>>> guess).
>>>
>>>
>> AFAIK, the Ultra 27 (fairly powerful x86 tower, notwithstanding the name)
>> and Sun Rays (thin client, used together with a server) are still sold,
>> so "Oracle/Sun currently only sells server-hardware" isn't accurate.
>>
>
> I thought the U27 had vanished form the portfolio, I couldn't find it on
> sun.com last time I looked.
For those with a sunsolve account:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/validateUser.do?target=index
Select
Desktop/Workstations
and in the box to the right of that, where you could select the individual
systems, all are under the category "EOL Systems".
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/validateUser.do?target=Systems/Ultra27/Ultra27
And: The Sun Rays themselves require a SERVER part, with DESKTOP
software. That's, why I said, that Solaris/OpenSolaris doesn't care, whether
you run it on a desktop hardware or on a server hardware, the software, that
you need, is part of it! And: BTW: Sun/Oracle also no longer sells Monitors,
so, the only "desktop" HW currently are the Sun Rays...
Matthias
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