TechPoint Event On Nov. 17th

[Matt Jonkman]

Very true. Sun plays catch-up far too often after their poor decisions.

I remember just a few years ago when they moved the licensing model to 
be owner/hardware based rather than just instance on hardware. They 
killed their own used hardware market and drove many companies away from 
being Sun hardware only server environments because they couldn't afford 
to relicense every piece of used Sun hardware they picked up.

I know the bank I was in at the time was 100% Sun unless Sun couldn't do 
what was needed, no exceptions. Within 2 months of that new licensing 
scheme they put a moratorium on buying any Sun stuff, new or used. 
Buying used wasn't cost effective anymore, and buying new was a gamble 
because it would probably not have any resale value. They cemented Linux 
into the environment, and to my knowledge it's still the primary 
platform (on intel hardware :) ).

I think they stuck with that licensing scheme just long enough to drive 
away the majority of their loyal customers, then went back to an OS 
belonging to the hardware, not the organization. Too late though.

Haven't bought much Sun lately though, anyone know if they're still on a 
sensible licensing model now?

Matt

Josh Bressers wrote:
>>Solaris 10 for free?
>>Interesting bit of news...
>>
>>http://www.vnunet.com/news/1159380
> 
> 
> So first they're better than Linux, now they're an "alternative" to Linux.
>  Sometimes I can't help but chuckle at Sun.
> 

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