Hi all,

did anybody hear something about new Cobalts? Or will these machines end with the RAQ 550 series? I fear Sun wants to replace the Cobalt series with its' own LX50 machines.

Or did anyone already think about sensible alternatives?

regards

Sven

Most likely the 550 is the last Cobalt appliance from Sun.

LX50 is not a replacement, successor, competitor, etc. for the Cobalt appliances. It's a general purpose Linux server, just like you can buy from Dell, IBM, HPaq, etc.

There aren't many completely integrated appliance platforms available. Most people these days are deploying some sort of software control panel on top of a "generic" Linux/BSD distro: Webmin, Plesk, Ensim, CPanel, etc. Some are free, some cost $$.

wonder how much sun spent to buy cobalt?

$2 billion... in stock.

thas a big tax write off! all stock though... hmmm