On Aug 29, 2006, at 1:24 PM, Bob Doolittle wrote:
Without even trying, I can think of a dozen scenarios that could
result in stuff like this making its way out into the wild. For
Sun's sake I sure hope nothing "important" is riding on the
assumption that everything will go (and stay) exactly where
management intended.
And I hope that people making business decisions
think about support for the components they build
their solutions on. If you buy it from Sun, we'll
support it and guarantee it will work. If you buy
it from Vladimir's Garage, you need to make your
support arrangements with him and we offer no
guarantees. That's the real world, folks. For
all the EBay and OpenSource/Freeware in the world,
nothing's really free. There are often hidden costs
and you need to use prudence in how you build your
solutions.
FWIW, I've bought my personal-use Sun Rays from
EBay as well. Worked for me, but I knew the risk
I was taking when I bought them. If I were trying
to run a business off of them I'd certainly think
twice.
Of course, if you're an organization that can't or won't support its
own hardware. For me, I'm running it in both business & personal
environments, and SRSS is just about the only software I'll run without
having the source code...I'll break that personal rule for SRSS, and a
very small number of other packages, because it's *that good*. I
suspect the people buying used gear on eBay are smart and able enough
to maintain their own stuff. And if they're not...well, they get what
they've got coming, and I might wind up with another consulting job.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Cape Coral, FL
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