Sun Sparc to Dell ?

[Bluga]

I noticed that my school "upgraded" a bunch of Sun Sparc workstation to Dell Optilex RedHat

workstation. To me it seems like a "downgrade". Any ideas?

 

[Oyeve]

Probably for cheaper support costs.

 

[rahvin]

Depends on the sparc and the dell, if it's an old sparc and a new dell it's probably quite a bit faster with better support and no software licenses to worry about.

 

[XeonTux]

I agree with rahvin. Most Sparcs aren't that great anymore unless you replace the processors with 3rd party ones. Unless they were UltraSparcs it prob is quite an upgrade.