[Gllug] Sun hardware/firewall memory

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 10:51:43PM +0000, Mike wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 13:41 +0000, Ben Fitzgerald wrote:
> 
> > Still, standards do emerge - let's hope x86
> > delivers a good headless BIOS. If it did, would you accept that x86
> > offers strong competition to SUN in other hardware areas and therefore
> > is a serious rival?
> 
> I'd say x86 is already a serious rival. One thing that technical people
> often forget (and this applies particularly to us Unix types) is that
> technical superiority (or even parity) is not a necessary precondition
> to strong competition.

I don't think that is the context in which "rival" and "competition" are
being used in this thread.

> It may very well be true that x86 will never equal Sun hardware in terms
> of technical and build quality. That still won't stop Sun from getting
> steamrollered by it. The dot-com days of endless cash are over, and
> Linux on x86 may well be the combination that kills Sun. The days of
> proprietary UNIX systems are numbered, IMHO. IBM has seen the writing on
> the wall, and has moved to endure they can take maximum advantage of
> Linux.

They're not planning to drop their high-end hardware, though.  They're
just offering Linux on it.

-- 
Bruce

What would Edward Woodward do?
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