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Article #1277Re: New SPARC Classic
From: nevin
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:37
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:37
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In article <1992Nov19.222813.27641@dtint.uucp> nevin@dtint.dtint.com writes: > The head of engineering at our department just came back from Comdex. > He said Sun was showing their new SPARC Classic. > He said that THEY said (the Sun people) it required Solaris 2.X to run. > > Another fellow here (a manager) was keeping his eyes open to software for > Solaris 2.X. He says none of the shrink-wrapped software that we are currently > using on our Suns (Sybase, uShare, etc.) work under Solaris 2.X, nor are any > working updates of that shrink-wrapped software expected for the near future > (whatever 'near' means). > > So, apparantly Sun has released a new machine for which there is no software. > Heh, heh, heh :-) > > BTW, I don't think our company will be getting any SPARC Classic's for awhile. > Oh yea, I almost forgot... Our CEO said he just got an OEM price sheet from Sun (we are an authorized Sun reseller). He said that the OEM price for the SPARC Classic was "ND", or "No Discount". So, not only does it look like we won't be getting any SPARC Classic's for awhile (if ever), but it also looks like we won't be selling any either! -- Nevin Pratt, Digital Technology, Int'l Orem, Ut NeXTmail preferred, but ONLY at my REAL email address: nevin@dtint.dtint.com -- --- root root@dtint.dtint.com Digital Technology Int. (801)226-2984 500 W. 1200 South, Orem UT, 84057 FAX (801) 226-8438
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtint!usenet From: nevin@dtint.dtint.com Subject: Re: New SPARC Classic Message-ID: <1992Nov19.223723.27700@dtint.uucp> Sender: usenet@dtint.uucp Reply-To: nevin@dtint.dtint.com Organization: Digital Technology, International References: <1992Nov19.222813.27641@dtint.uucp> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 22:37:23 GMT Lines: 36