Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!bbn!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request From: Kemp@dockmaster.ncsc.mil Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: The SUN is setting!! Keywords: Miscellaneous Message-ID: <1890@brazos.Rice.edu> Date: 30 Sep 89 23:04:00 GMT Sender: root@rice.edu Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 40 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 150, message 5 of 15 >> As I'm sure most of you have seen in the press, Sun is trying to sell off >> their 386i line of hardware. > I too read this vicious rumor . . . Just why do you characterize the EE Times article as a *vicious* rumor and "typical journalism"? As I remember the article (I don't have it in front of me), it presented the following: 1) Sun was looking around for a buyer for the 386i line, and in the process contacted Intel. 2) Intel wasn't interested. which is apparently true. What is it about the article that leads you to say "I (wrongly) believed that the integrity of EE-Times reporting was second to none. Why they dug this up (or from where) I don't know." Is there anything in the article that smacks of lack of integrity? Isn't the purpose of journalism to "dig things up"? You say the article is "out of date", but as of today, I haven't seen any indication from Sun that the 386i line is not on the block. When Sun does make such an announcement, the article will be out of date. That's the way news is - it isn't news for long. I personally wouldn't be too upset if Sun decided to follow Scott McNealy's stated intention of focusing resources on SPARC/Unix/Open_Look. >>Well, in addition to that they are also rumored to be planning the end >>of the entire SUN3 line and any non-SPARC SUN4 machine by December 31!!! Well, just what is a "non-SPARC SUN4" machine?? If there was such a beast I would hope Sun would be planning the end of it! :-) I second Mr. Miller's suggestion that if you want to know what's happening, you should ask Sun. If you buy enough equipment from them, and you sign a non-disclosure agreement, they'll be happy to tell you. Dave Kemp