https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/04/oracle_layoffs_solaris_sparc_teams/
Oracle silently EOL'ing Solaris...
******s...
Oracle silently EOL'ing Solaris...
******s...
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Not quite Linux - but distressing none the same - RIP Solaris...
- Thread starter jsheed_sa
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That does sound rather cheap.
A company I started working for mid 90's sold 8 or 10 Sun machines (I forget, but it wasn't more than 10, for sure). The check I had to go collect was just-just under R1mn.
(I'll never forget that, because I was a kid driving around with a R1mn check, just lying on the car seat next to me, still thinking, "I wonder how far I'd get if I managed to get the cash and leave the country."
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A company I started working for mid 90's sold 8 or 10 Sun machines (I forget, but it wasn't more than 10, for sure). The check I had to go collect was just-just under R1mn.
(I'll never forget that, because I was a kid driving around with a R1mn check, just lying on the car seat next to me, still thinking, "I wonder how far I'd get if I managed to get the cash and leave the country."
)
Your patch management needed work
I ran some E4500s and 6500s. Rebooting them on sunday nights after patching was scary. They knew EXACTLY how long your patience was before you started panicking and getting your keys ready to drive in to the office. They waited that + 30 seconds before finishing POST.... The day I installed some ssh-capable serial terminal servers my life improved immeasurably. Once I figured out how to stop them sending a break when you disconnect, which dropped the server to ok> prompt...
I ran some E4500s and 6500s. Rebooting them on sunday nights after patching was scary. They knew EXACTLY how long your patience was before you started panicking and getting your keys ready to drive in to the office. They waited that + 30 seconds before finishing POST.... The day I installed some ssh-capable serial terminal servers my life improved immeasurably. Once I figured out how to stop them sending a break when you disconnect, which dropped the server to ok> prompt...
That does sound rather cheap.
A company I started working for mid 90's sold 8 or 10 Sun machines (I forget, but it wasn't more than 10, for sure). The check I had to go collect was just-just under R1mn.
(I'll never forget that, because I was a kid driving around with a R1mn check, just lying on the car seat next to me, still thinking, "I wonder how far I'd get if I managed to get the cash and leave the country." )
A company I started working for mid 90's sold 8 or 10 Sun machines (I forget, but it wasn't more than 10, for sure). The check I had to go collect was just-just under R1mn.
(I'll never forget that, because I was a kid driving around with a R1mn check, just lying on the car seat next to me, still thinking, "I wonder how far I'd get if I managed to get the cash and leave the country."
)
Terminals?
Fck dude, I don't know, I can't remember -it was a lifetime ago.
That was the first and last time I had anything "to do" with Sun.
All I can tell you is that they were pricey AF.
That was the first and last time I had anything "to do" with Sun.
All I can tell you is that they were pricey AF.
Your patch management needed work
I ran some E4500s and 6500s. Rebooting them on sunday nights after patching was scary. They knew EXACTLY how long your patience was before you started panicking and getting your keys ready to drive in to the office. They waited that + 30 seconds before finishing POST.... The day I installed some ssh-capable serial terminal servers my life improved immeasurably. Once I figured out how to stop them sending a break when you disconnect, which dropped the server to ok> prompt...
I ran some E4500s and 6500s. Rebooting them on sunday nights after patching was scary. They knew EXACTLY how long your patience was before you started panicking and getting your keys ready to drive in to the office. They waited that + 30 seconds before finishing POST.... The day I installed some ssh-capable serial terminal servers my life improved immeasurably. Once I figured out how to stop them sending a break when you disconnect, which dropped the server to ok> prompt...
Things got better with the E6900 cluster, T5240 4U servers. The ALOM and ILOM made a difference.
Patch management was not so bad for me because we had a very good Solaris patch management system. I think it was only once, for a customer in Algeria or Morocco, that I had to intervene in patching.