I don't want to get involved in the broader issues in Martin's post but this caught my eye: > > If you find a manager who is willing (economically > *able*) to finance all that, then we would probably > be in paradise. > But all that doesn't make sense, as Sun wouldn't earn > a single Cent on that.
We have a student computer lab full of SB2500/XVR600s. This was a very standard configuration. The USIII cpu's in these workstations are not substantially behind the current Sparc workstation offerings. When we buy from Sun we don't generally know what Sun's business relationships are with their suppliers. We assume we are paying a premium price for support of Sun hardware, and that they have chosen wisely both technically in hardware and their ability to support it going forward. Work done supporting Sun badged hardware might not directly earn a single cent, but it does contribute to customer loyalty and future purchasing decisions. This message posted from opensolaris.org
