[LUAU] Free Niagara Server (60-day trial)

[Hawaii Linux Institute]

I looked at the original post and noted there is a lag of 5 days b/t the 
English original (posted 02/24/06) and the Japanese translation 
(03/01/06).  If we are doing business in Japan, small things like this 
can mean critical advantages.  (Of course, this is a bad example, as the 
original offer was made on 12/21/05.)

Recently (02/22/06), there's a two-part series about the "superior" 
advantages of Solaris that have been largely ignored by the press (in 
Chinese):

http://taiwan.cnet.com/enterprise/features/0,2000062876,20103443,00.htm

http://taiwan.cnet.com/enterprise/features/0,2000062876,20103444,00.htm

I expect Solaris to really pick up momentum in China and Japan this 
year.  For some reasons, Linux has always been illusory in these 
countries, especially in China, but OpenSolaris could change this.  
Anyone who is interested in playing with Solaris 10 or Solaris Express, 
please contact me.  If you don't want to go through the tedious process 
of installing the entire OS, you can try a couple of different LiveCDs.  
NexentaOS (Solaris kernel + GNU libraries + recompiled Ubuntu packages) 
Alpha 3 is an interesting toy.  Belenix 0.4, OTOH, is a miniaturized 
Solaris OS on a bootable CD.  If the latter, because of display 
problems, you should wait for version 0.41, which should come out in a 
couple of weeks.  I am thinking about putting together a Solaris Express 
VM image, but it may be a while.  There is also a third OpenSolaris 
LiveCD which is text-based, but I can't think of its name offhand.

Anyway, I really wish we could have an established organization which 
could take up Schwartz's offer to try this 8-core 9.6 GHz (collectively 
speaking) Niagara.  Wayne



Michael Bishop wrote:
> Original in English: 
> http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jonathan?entry=niagara_benchmarks
>
> Amazing to see his blog is being translated into other languages, like 
> Japanese. I wonder what other languages his blog is translated into.
>
> Quite bold are his statements. "...we'll send you the fastest server 
> on earth, absolutely free. If you don't like it, we'll send someone to 
> pick it up [for free]."
>
> The comments are more interesting (to me) then the offer. I'm 
> surprised they let those stand.
>
> Michael
>
>
> On Feb 28, 2006, at 10:19 PM, Hawaii Linux Institute wrote:
>
>> A friend of mind sent me this news about a free Niagara server (in 
>> Japanese) and asked if anyone has (or knows anyone who has) any 
>> experience:
>>
>> http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jonathanja?entry=free_server_v2_0_honest 
>>
>>
>>
>> Wayne
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