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In Skins vs Believers: Linux always loses

In Skins vs Believers: Linux always losesSo tell me murph,Is that why you were so quick to point fingers at MS when the London Stock Exchange experienced an outage, despite the official reason was a "network connectivity problem"?The same political bias......is often evident when eco-bullies demand that "big oil" companies...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Niagra, fossil fuel, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux

Discussion threads 2008-12-15

New Sun servers to use old Sun chip

New Sun servers to use old Sun chipGood old Sungiving us the best of the best from times past. Now that's future foward of them, aand par for the course. ;)From the days of the VikingSun has a history of taking too long to introduce new processors. Usually they...

Tags: Processors, Servers, server, Sun Microsystems Inc., processor, Niagra, chip, Sun Server

Discussion threads 2006-08-31

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Of snow, rocks, a book, and another partisan attack on IBM

Title shotFirst thought is RISING SUN which fits, though loosely, on many fronts ... down to the name of Larry Ellison's yacht I vaguely recall.Copyright waived.Rights to make more suggestions reserved.Donations gratefully received :-)Some thoughts1. Ethanol from corn is a very stupid idea - foisted onto the American public via...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, SECURITY, Prom, IBM Corp., dress, mainframe

Discussion threads 2009-10-17

So what can Sun do?

So what can Sun do?I have a couple of suggestions.Now doubt you wont like them, Murph, but here they are anyway:- Work with Microsoft to get Windows Server running on SPARC. Why? There are a lot of small businesses on Windows servers for whom the migration to Sun hardware is...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Sun Microsystems Inc., Murph

Discussion threads 2008-10-16

Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open Source

Development environments: Microsoft vs. Open SourcePerhaps if you read what you wroteYou say regarding Wintel:"you'll find 2o FTEs an extremely conservative minimum just to keep the lights on."and then regarding Solaris:"you're going to be paying about ten people, four of whom you don't actually need every day"Your statement about doubling...

Tags: Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, environment, Microsoft Corp., development environment, server, Sun Solaris, Solaris Servers, Wintel, open source

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

Learning from Walmart

Learning from WalmartLower cost, much more flexibility- no help desk needed- lets you put sysadmins into user groups, reporting to user managers- eliminates most security and processing failure risks- gives you OS independent access to software - eliminates user impact and costs of evergreen policiesHow would SUN Ray help?ntSmart displays?"put...

Tags: Keyboards, Operating systems, Sun Ray, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., IT Development, Smart Display, Microsoft Corp., Murph

Discussion threads 2008-07-28

What's wrong at OpenSolaris

What's wrong at OpenSolarisAgreed as to gaols etcHowever.. look at junknstuff's response above to see how the MS community has chosen to interpret what's going on.Now ask yourself: wouldn't everyone - especially Sun - have been better off if Sun had spent the money bringing Linux along instead of...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

UNIX - Let's get together and feel all right

People have often accused me of dreaming too much and not having my thoughts anchored in reality, particularly in this world of multi-billion dollar technology companies and big business, when huge amounts of money are at stake and every competitor is vying for the top spot. In...

Tags: GPL, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., CDDL, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Sun Solaris, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-04-18

Hardware comparability in benchmark comparisons

Hardware comparability in benchmark comparisonsWhat's fair? PRICEMy former employer had a yearly workstation benchmark process. We would invite the big 4 UNIX workstation vendors (HP,Sun,IBM,SGI), give them the applications and test matrix - and let them tune their boxes to their hearts content. After the benchmark was complete, we looked...

Tags: Operating systems, Workstations, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, Linux, workstation, hardware, paging

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

Separating the bigots from the sheep

Separating the bigots from the sheepObjectivelyThe truly experienced objective candidate would propose both solutions outlined in your original post and rationalise a preference for one of them. (In my case that would be the Microsoft approach due to my background.)If a candidate can produce two approaches that are reasonably dipolar...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Murph, software, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-02-13

Seven reasons to go Sun Ray

Seven reasons to go Sun RayOne small questionWhere is the cost coming from in that list? I know for a fact that many of them are hugely inflated.(Quasi-OT) Comment on Sun strategy?Rather than comment on the advice that IT request it be outsourced or its managment replaced or an...

Tags: Operating systems, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, storage

Discussion threads 2007-10-03

Leaked e-mails reveal MediaDefender's antipiracy woes

Leaked e-mails reveal MediaDefender's antipiracy woesFascinating stuff.Thank god for idiot employees forwarding confidential emails to poorly protected web-based email accounts.RE: Leaked e-mails reveal MediaDefender's antipiracy woesIt is not worth the time I'd spend finding and downloading a song illegally just to save 99 cents... unless the 99 cent song is...

Tags: Piracy, INTERNET, antipiracy woe, MediaDefender, antipiracy, e-mail, CD

Discussion threads 2007-09-20

A call from a former colleague

A call from a former colleagueAh yes, the late 80'sIt was just me - and a ComputerVision "low boy" server in a cubicle. The heat it put out was overwhelming - but I took it in stride. I was basically told - there is the computer, make it work. In...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Operating systems, Desktops, information technology, emulator, Internet Service Provider, Unix, server, PC

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

In core wars, AMD carves out some open field

In core wars, AMD carves out some open fieldSounds like a clean up move....One, this is something that Intel can't do with their Core Pairing chips. Also, this is something that cleans up inventory of chips that only have three working cores instead of four. My guess is...

Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Network technology, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor, quad-core, chip, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

Targeting development for future hardware

Targeting development for future hardwareRudy..Well without Alpha and to a lesster extent MIPS and PA-RISCthere is still less choice today than 5 years back.The new Niagra and POWER chips are a beacon of hope tothose who like to see technically better productsstill survive. But unless the price on this hardwarecomes...

Tags: Linux, Processors, Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Niagra2 chip, Intel Corp., Intel x86, IBM Corp., PPC

Discussion threads 2007-02-20

Only 256 threads? naaaa

Only 256 threads? naaaaIssue the ps commandon a million threads - and then wait, and wait, and wait while a million+ lines scroll by. It certainly would break most every script ever written . . . Even 256 processes is more than you would want to see. If those threads/processes...

Tags: Processors, Sun Sparc, CPU

Discussion threads 2007-01-23

Sun takes aim at Red Hat with Solaris 10

Sun takes aim at Red Hat with Solaris 10Very nice, I'm sureHowever, Sun has a fundamental problem in the hardware dimension. They don't have much in the way of driver support for inexpensive platforms, their hardware though good is pricy, and outside of the basic AMP stack they don't...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Processors, Programming languages, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, hardware, CDE, Sun Sparc, Red Hat Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sun Solaris 10

Discussion threads 2007-01-16

Niagara2 - will blow away SQL-Server Clusters

Niagara2 - will blow away SQL-Server ClustersDragging frontrunners back to the packWait till a company buys this and then mates it to a traditional SAN setup. Those fast processing numbers will be humbled by the "TWO NINES" reliability of the SAN. Company 'F' had two large outages this year (Over...

Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, Sun Microsystems Inc., T1, T2, performance

Discussion threads 2006-12-11

PS3 based super-computing cluster on Linux

PS3 based super-computing cluster on LinuxNot yetThe PS3 is NOT made to be a computer. Important things like power supplies are not up to datacenter specs. Six hundred bucks is a bit pricey (you're paying for the Blu-ray) for a Cell - you could get 2 Xbox 360s for that...

Tags: Network technology, Game players, Linux, processor, Sony PlayStation 3, gigaflop, truckload, teraflop, chip

Discussion threads 2006-11-29

Can Sun make Niagara II shine in late 2007?

Can Sun make Niagara II shine in late 2007?Again, you have no cluePerformance wise, Niagra II will be very competitive, but performance is not the whole story. The SPARC architecture is a separate market with billions of software investment. People will continue to use sparc as price/performance improves over previous...

Tags: Performance management, Backups, SPARC architecture, Niagra II, performance, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-09-13