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Wednesday November 22, 2006
Solaris 10 and Sun Studio 11 DVD Kits now available for FREE!
The Free Solaris/SunStudio Media kit is now posted at http://www.sun.com/solaris/freemedia/
The kit includes Solaris 10 6/06 (aka Update1 release) for both SPARC and x86 and contains the Sun Studio 11 Compilers and tools.
Dont wait to download, just sign up and have Sun send the DVD to you directly. Encourage your customers to do the same!
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( Nov 22 2006, 10:56:01 AM PST )
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Posted by luoyi on November 24, 2006 at 01:10 AM PST #
IMO, it is unfortunate that Sun didnt get the contract, despite the strength of its bid. I'm sure its a very complex process and I am certainly not privy to how it works.
Its important to keep a few things in mind, about Sun in this context:
- Sun benefitted from being in the first two phases of this project. It has brought recognition to Sun's innovative designs in this regard.
- Sun will continue to place emphasis on HPC marketplace. It will come from Sun's own R&D dollars... remember Sun spends over $2B on R&D; the HPCS contract would have added another $50M to this effort. A very focussed $50M, but still small compared to overall budget. IBM, I suspect, is in a similar position.
- Lastly, IMO, this allows Sun to innovate on its own roadmap and its own schedule, rather than on HPCS's.
I hope this helps clarify it a bit.Posted by 24.7.125.107 on November 26, 2006 at 09:39 PM PST #