I read yesterday that Sun is getting together with representatives from the "user community" - apparently the outcry has been much more than they expected. A Sun exec was quoted as not ruling out Solaris 9 on x86 at some stage. Re the sparc box you referred to, I have a SunBlade 100 as my desktop machine and it is very nice. I have KDE running with the usual fancy desktop stuff, I just need to remember I'm running Solaris and not Linux.... Cheers Mark Smith "Lance Feagan" Sent by: owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net 01/16/2002 02:54 AM To: "KC Linux User Group" cc: Subject: RE: HP-UNIX? As an interesting side note, I am sure most of you noticed that Sun just announced that they were stopping development of solaris x86. This is news, and yet it is not. They haven't done anything worthwhile in upgrading it for years. So, I guess all you solaris on x86 ppl with be forever stuck in the past so to speak. With the price of a nice little solaris on sparc box from sun these days, having a nice 64-bit machine really is quite affordable anyways. [I consider under 1k quite cheap] --Lance This e-mail and any attachments are intended only for the individual or company to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential and prohibited from disclosure or unauthorized use under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, or copying of this e-mail or the information contained in this e-mail is strictly prohibited by the sender. If you have received this transmission in error, please return the material received to the sender and delete all copies from your system.