Great additrional info. Thanks, Craig.
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Craig Bender <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure what else Oracle can say to prove that this is wrong, but you > can look at this from October: > > http://blogs.sun.com/ThinkThin/entry/will_oracle_continue_sun_s > > You can also watch this video that covers Oracle's intentions with Sun Ray > from last month. > > http://bit.ly/c35Fxx > > Dante Brown wrote: > >> Hey Gents. >> >> I work with one of Sun's Top Federal Resellers. We are also a VMware >> Partner. Last week, I have had to address this matter on four different >> occasions. While with one of those occasions the VMware Rep flat out said >> this, that rep steered the potential end-user customer to thin client >> solutions such as Samsung (big hah, right?). The other three had VMware >> reps actually telling customers and our sales reps that Sun will no longer >> support VMware View and will drop the Sun Ray practice. Coincidence would >> have it that this thread had start around the same time. I totally believe >> this is all FUD, since I have had previous discussions with Oracle Reps who >> hinted at plans for future Sun Ray solutions. I was then reminded about the >> VMware Partner Exchange event in Las Vegas a few weeks ago. This is most >> likely where the FUD began to take root. >> >> Here's where I need some assistance. Is there an official statement, in >> regards to the future of Sun Ray, that we can provide to the customer? My >> company have a good number of opportunities for Sun Ray deployments. The >> potential customers are now antsy, due to all the rhetoric about the Sun's >> thin client direction. I have designed and deployed some proof of concepts, >> for some of our clients. Some of these projects are now endangered because >> these PoC's deploy Sun Rays and VMware View. >> >> DB >> >> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Michael Medefesser - sun microsystems < >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> As Brad said, it couldn't further from the truth. It happens all the >> time in this business. You have a bunch of parrots that just >> repeat what they are told from their management. They have no clue >> about what they are saying, and just try to spread FUD. >> I remember two years ago sitting in a room with a bunch of VMware >> guys who told us XEN was DOA when Citrix bought >> it, and that it was going to be to hard to merge it into their other >> products. Two years later, and I have customers >> that tell me that they are adopting XEN over VMware. Not because >> VMware is bad, but because it's extremely expensive, >> and there are solutions that can give them what they need for a >> fraction of the price. They know their days at the top are >> numbered, and their install base is slowly eroding, but I didn't >> think they would get that desperate, and start spreading >> this kind of FUD. >> >> M- >> >> >> On 02/25/10 17:32, Brad Lackey wrote: >> >>> This is totally and completely made up and couldn't be further from >>> the truth. Oracle is significantly more interested in it's acquired desktop >>> technologies than Sun execs ever were. >>> >>> View 4 works today with the Sun Ray connector for View if you follow >>> the instructions for https access. >>> >>> Brad >>> >>> On Feb 25, 2010, at 4:48 PM, Nurudin Javeri wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi all, I just attended a VMware View 4 training this am in Dallas >>>> and they were boasting the whole notion of thin client computing and the >>>> speed and performance (yada, yada, yada) and I asked if it is supported on >>>> Sun Ray or with the Sun Ray infrastructure, his answer was that since >>>> Oracle >>>> officially announced it is discontinuing Sun Ray client server program this >>>> year, they are NOT supporting Sun Sun Ray components in View 4. >>>> >>>> Did I miss something? Is this true that Larry Ellison said Sun Ray >>>> and Sun x86 servers are now being EOL by the end of 2010??? I spent the >>>> past hour surfing sun.com <http://sun.com>, oracle.com < >>>> http://oracle.com> and didn't see any news about that. >>>> >>>> >>>> Nunu Javeri >>>> Sun Software Junkie >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> SunRay-Users mailing list >>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> >>>> http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >>>> >>>> >>> Brad Lackey >>> Technical Enablement Manager >>> Global Desktop Virtualization >>> Oracle Corporation >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> (720) 548-3339 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SunRay-Users mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >>> >>> >> >> -- Michael Medefesser >> Technical Enablement >> Global Desktop Virtualization >> Oracle >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> 408-334-3897 (cell) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SunRay-Users mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SunRay-Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >> > > -- > > Craig Bender > > > 1-877-255-1537 > > Sun Ray Engineering > Sun Microsystems > A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Oracle Corporation > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >
_______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
