Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Sun hardware to disappear?!?!

2007-08-17 Thread Brandorr
On 8/16/07, Giles Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First we get the new T2 being GPL'ed. Now it looks like we will have IBM servers preloading Solaris. http://www.physorg.com/news106499717.html Is Sun planning to leave the hardware market? Jonathon Swartz said: Despite having what's

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Sun hardware to disappear?!?!

2007-08-17 Thread Kaiwai Gardiner
On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 00:23 -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote: Why would they want to leave the hardware market? Are they not turning a profit? I heard someone mention a potential buyout by IBM, this sounds more plausible than Sun leaving the hardware market...not that IBM and Sun would be a

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Sun hardware to disappear?!?!

2007-08-17 Thread Kaiwai Gardiner
On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 13:40 -0400, Brandorr wrote: On 8/17/07, Kaiwai Gardiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 13:21 -0400, Brandorr wrote: On 8/16/07, Giles Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First we get the new T2 being GPL'ed. Now it looks like we will have IBM

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Sun hardware to disappear?!?!

2007-08-17 Thread Kaiwai Gardiner
On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 13:21 -0400, Brandorr wrote: On 8/16/07, Giles Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First we get the new T2 being GPL'ed. Now it looks like we will have IBM servers preloading Solaris. http://www.physorg.com/news106499717.html Is Sun planning to leave the hardware

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Sun hardware to disappear?!?!

2007-08-17 Thread Brandorr
On 8/17/07, Kaiwai Gardiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 13:21 -0400, Brandorr wrote: On 8/16/07, Giles Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First we get the new T2 being GPL'ed. Now it looks like we will have IBM servers preloading Solaris.

[osol-discuss] OT: Sun hardware to disappear?!?!

2007-08-16 Thread Giles Turner
First we get the new T2 being GPL'ed. Now it looks like we will have IBM servers preloading Solaris. http://www.physorg.com/news106499717.html Is Sun planning to leave the hardware market? ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Sun hardware to disappear?!?!

2007-08-16 Thread Kaiwai Gardiner
On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 10:35 +0800, Giles Turner wrote: First we get the new T2 being GPL'ed. Now it looks like we will have IBM servers preloading Solaris. http://www.physorg.com/news106499717.html Is Sun planning to leave the hardware market? What tha? who? dear god...please, move away

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Sun hardware to disappear?!?!

2007-08-16 Thread Martin Bochnig
Giles Turner wrote: First we get the new T2 being GPL'ed. Now it looks like we will have IBM servers preloading Solaris. http://www.physorg.com/news106499717.html Is Sun planning to leave the hardware market? Nope, of course not. Don't trust 2nd or 3rd hand news sites (btw, ElReg. is a

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Sun hardware to disappear?!?!

2007-08-16 Thread Ché Kristo
Why would they want to leave the hardware market? Are they not turning a profit? I heard someone mention a potential buyout by IBM, this sounds more plausible than Sun leaving the hardware market...not that IBM and Sun would be a very good culture fit. This message posted from

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Sun hardware to disappear?!?!

2007-08-16 Thread Dennis Clarke
Why would they want to leave the hardware market? Are they not turning a profit? I heard someone mention a potential buyout by IBM, this sounds more plausible than Sun leaving the hardware market...not that IBM and Sun would be a very good culture fit. Well I'd like to see the new Lotus