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- From: paulr@fulcrum.oz.au (Paul Rosham)
- Subject: Re: Is Sun losing touch with its customers?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.015634.16858@fulcrum.oz.au>
- Organization: The Fulcrum Consulting Group
- References: <BzI0Ls.GGo@shakti.ncst.ernet.in>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 01:56:34 GMT
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- It seems that people are still missing the point...
-
- riyer@shakti.ncst.ernet.in (Rajappa Iyer) writes:
-
- >... I find it increasingly hard to ignore the
- >fact that Sun seems to be fucking its customers over. The new LX series
- >are a case in point. Sun users cannot plonk for the new machines no
- >matter *how* attractive the pricing for the simple reason that they
- >have already invested in apps for SunOS 4.1.x.
-
- Before you get "fucked over", when are you expecting to be purchasing or
- taking delivery of new machines like the LX? What are your critical apps?
- Have you checked with the vendor about Solaris 2 availability.
-
- I am really interested. I think that a discussion of which apps are and are
- not moving would be valuable.
-
- Or are you speaking prematurely?
-
- -PaulR.
-
- P.S. The design goal of the LX and Classic was not "cheaper and faster" but
- "cheaper and not slower". Don't get your hopes up...
-