Great Analysis
There is a really cool analysis posted over at Jonathan Schwartz’s Blog written up by Marc Andreessen regarding his new company Ning.
Wow, that was link soup. Sorry, folks.
I wanted to post about it, because it really shows the cost comparison between Sun, who is perceived as being this, Enterprise-class juggernaut, and Linux systems, which are perceived as being this really low-cost, open-source alternative. Wow, not such much according to this data.
I really hope Sun can find the niche they are looking for. I really admire their continuous quest for innovative computing, and the fact they have been after that networked computer for over 20 years.
Thanks for posting this, Jonathan. Great read on a Sunday night - I love it!
February 20th, 2006 at 12:09 am
“link soup”
I love it.
February 21st, 2006 at 9:18 am
Nice article - we’re going through the same issues right now with our new server setup.
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:30 pm
Yep, I’ve seen it before to. Tough to convince non-tech types that spending 1mm on hardware is necessary.
I have an old Sun Cobalt Raq4 and Cube3 if you need ‘em =)