[Info-vax] Maybe a bit OT, maybe not.. in any case an interesting article

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/14/2012 8:04 AM, Mazzini Alessandro wrote:
>>> Sun SPARC/Solaris used to be pretty popular for web servers.
>>> Maybe it still is.
>>
>> It is becoming dramatically less popular thanks to Larry. Have a look on
>> ebay. People are dumping perfectly good SPARCware by the metric tonne and
>> pallet load. Most webservers today seem to be running Windows or FreeBSD
>> on
>> Intel commodity crapware. I'm shorting SPARC futures...
>>
>
> Bit deviating from the topic but, given that I admit my total ignorance
> about the Sparc current situation... why is it becoming dramatically less
> popular after being purchased by Oracle ?

It is not.

:-)

SPARC and Solaris has been slowly but steadily dropping in usage
since the .COM bubble burst.

Then it dropped sharply when SUN was put up for sale due to
the uncertainty.

And now I think it is heading back to slowly but steadily dropping.

Arne