[rescue] SunBlade 2000 vs SunBlade 2500 vs Ultra 45

[Bart]

Well I've used them all but AIX always had this nasty IBM aftertaste  
to it.  maybe it's improved but I haven't heard of any great new  
features.  I'd rather use x86/solaris over power and aix.



On Aug 3, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Weiss Andrew <rumbeard at mac.com> wrote:

> On Aug 3, 2009, at 6:18 AM, Andrew Gaylard wrote:
>
>> ..
>> The real question is, "would you consider building new stuff on xyx?"
>>
>> Would I build a new system on Itanium/HPUX?  No way.
>> Would I build a new system on POWER/AIX?  Probably not.
>
> Why the heck not?  POWER/AIX has a lot more life than SPARC/ 
> Solaris... POWER 7 is coming.  POWER 6/6+ kicks all sorts of butt.
>
>> Would I build a new system on SPARC/Solaris?  Sure.
>
> Andrew W.
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