The Sun is dying

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TheMonkey replied

1 June 2006, 13:05
I've got a 8 CPU box under the stairs from Sun. albeit a Sun SPARCserver 1000E:

8x 85MHz CPUs and Solaris 7. Bliss
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DodgyAgent replied

1 June 2006, 12:55
Originally posted by AtW

They (or more likely Java bit) will be bought by IBM when they go bust - the only way they can stop from going bust is to buy AMD, because who needs these overpriced rip off Sun processors when you have good AMD stuff and Core 2 from Intel kicks butt.

Should'nt that be "WMD" ?
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AtW replied

1 June 2006, 12:35
They (or more likely Java bit) will be bought by IBM when they go bust - the only way they can stop from going bust is to buy AMD, because who needs these overpriced rip off Sun processors when you have good AMD stuff and Core 2 from Intel kicks butt.
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threaded replied

1 June 2006, 12:24
Originally posted by MrsGoof

8 cpu's.

children with their little toys, one day you'll all grow up and get a real computer to play with

Oh, there's going to more than 8 cpus, this is just one box one day to join in the cluster of one of my clients that I've currently got to play with.

I've got Condor up, so I'm happy, and wondering what I can do with it now.
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MrsGoof replied

1 June 2006, 11:48
8 cpu's.

children with their little toys, one day you'll all grow up and get a real computer to play with
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DimPrawn replied

1 June 2006, 11:02
Look, if you want to run 8 cpu's on Windows on the cheap, get a copy of Windows 2000 Advanced Server off eBay. It supports 8 CPU's and you can play Quake on it if you wish.

HTH
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threaded replied

1 June 2006, 10:54
Originally posted by DimPrawn

Any 8 way AMD rig is going to be a server and XP is not a server OS.

Blimey Threaded, I thought you might have realised that.

So you're saying I can't run Quake on it either?
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Francko replied

1 June 2006, 10:42
Originally posted by DimPrawn

Any 8 way AMD rig is going to be a server and XP is not a server OS.

Blimey Threaded, I thought you might have realised that.

What's a server?

Threaded
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DimPrawn replied

1 June 2006, 10:41
Any 8 way AMD rig is going to be a server and XP is not a server OS.

Blimey Threaded, I thought you might have realised that.
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threaded replied

1 June 2006, 10:36
Rather annoying though that windows XP won't run on the 8 way AMD rig.
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Francko replied

1 June 2006, 10:23
That's because companies are fed-up with slowaris.

Windows. That's the way to go. Couple with .net enterprise solutions. Here you go.
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wendigo100 replied

1 June 2006, 10:15
Good, the big yellow barstard.
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Matt2568 replied

1 June 2006, 10:07
Call me Mr Cynical but...

Bad news: Over the next 6 months week Sun are to loose 5000 jobs 'worldwide'. Oh No !!

Good news: In the following 6 months Sun create 5000 jobs in India. Hurrah !!

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DimPrawn started a topic The Sun is dying

1 June 2006, 09:16
The Sun is dying

No not that thing we see in the sky 3 times a year, or that great newspaper much loved by Chavs, but this one:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5035582.stm

I expect a fair few of the job losses will be in old Blighty?
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