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- From: mdl@cypress.com (Matt Landrum)
- Subject: Re: Why is Sun abandoning SunOS4.1.3?
- In-Reply-To: epc1@quads.uchicago.edu's message of Sat, 19 Dec 1992 22:16:27 GMT
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- References: <1992Dec19.221627.20632@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:45:42 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec19.221627.20632@midway.uchicago.edu> epc1@quads.uchicago.edu (Merlin) writes:
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- Why is Sun losing touch with their customer base? First, they
- use and continue to use a ridiculous, ugly windowing manager (olwm) despite
- the fact that a majority of their users use mwm.
-
- I don't think you can back that up.
-
- Now, Sun is abandoning SunOS!!! The question IS NOT why don't vendors
- port their apps but WHY can't I run my old apps on new, faster hardware?
-
- it depends on what your apps are and if they want to take advantage
- of multiple threads/
-
- Sun is supposed to be custoemer responsive and built its successes on
- meeting user's needs where traditional, large computer makers used
- proprietary software and OS's. Now, they're telling everyone to
- abandon their old knowledge and apps for a new OS. What does Solaris
- incorporate that they could not put into SunOS??? Buying old hardware
- to support an old OS is not an option in my opinion. They should not
- have caused such confusion in the first place.
-
- If this is the direction that Sun is taking, then they will definitely
- alienate people who bought their machines. Sun is no better and no
- worse than other vendors who say, "do what we tell you to do when we
- tell you to do it. if you don't listen to us, we won't supprt your old
- os forever and you won't be able to run our newest and fastest machines"
-
- In my opinion they are much better than other vendors.
-
- This is the straw which will cause me to stop being Suns and start
- purchasing new machines which seem more customer-oriented. I
- have been really impressed with the way DEC is remanaging their
- business and producing fast machines (i.e. Alpha). I hate the
- fact that our group works on VAXs, MIPs machines, and SUNs. However,
- with this ultimatum by Sun, I will not continue to purchase their
- machines.
-
- an ultimatum, huh
-
-
- Maybe you should include your full name the next time so people won't
- think you are intentionally spreading propaganda because you like DEC.
- How long has the Alpha been running out in the real world? What's the
- installed base? How reliable are these workstations?
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