Just a quick reminder for all those that read my blog.

There are several reasons why I started blogging, these were. To raise IT issues that I believe were misunderstood, to answers peoples questions once and for all, rather than send endless emails and to try to do some good. As blogging reaches a wider audience,than my mobile phone or email.

Therefore if I write about the following issues, for example:

Environmental/Ecological, it is my belief that we should use less resources, power and fuel.
We should use renewal resources as our planets resources are finite (see Fusion comment below).
Thus, I often write about Sun's Niagara servers which use less power than those from other companies but perform faster or equivalent to others (depending on the application).
I drive a car which uses ethanol (E85) instead of petrol, I believe that this is a good thing, as it is a renewable fuel which sequestrates CO2.
I believe that the ST9990V storage arrays is the largest, most reliable and fastest available on the market today.
The Sun Ray thin client is the most secure, lowest cost and most manageable Windows/Linux and Solaris desktop encironment available at the moment.
I believe that tape storage has to be an integeral part of any reasonably large IT infrastructure, because most data is not accessed daily and often stays unread for years. Tape uses no power when the data is at rest (not being) used. Also, tapes last longer than other types of media e.g. DVD, CD. Tape is all about efficiency and low cost. They are also very fast during sequential writes.

All of the above may change over time,

e.g. Sun may produce and even better server using the Rock chip.
I may change my car and use biodiesel instead of ethanol.
Sun may offer an even larger and faster storge device than the ST9990 in the future.
If the global warming trend changes I may change my beliefs on using less resources, maybe not.
If fusion power is ever implemented sucessfully power may become cheaper.
Competitors leap from each other, someone else may make a better SunRay for example, but no-one has in the last 5 years.
New computer storage media may be invented that surperceeds the cost advantages of tape, this may be using quantum physics or some other type.

I live in Sweden, I think Sweden is a great country with a great social and legal system, generally I have European or more specifically Northern European beliefs, that is why we are very environmetally aware. This comes from my parents, who originate from northern europe. So my blogs may seem strange to people in other countries. For example cars that use ethanol (E85) are not uncommon here.

What I write here are my beliefs and may not be those of Sun Microsystems. But we all knew that.