You say "So basically any processor chip that Sun made excepting the Sparc T series is kaput as far as Solaris 11 is concerned."
What about SPARC V, V+, VI, VI+ systems?
Looks like Solaris 11 runs on anything made after 2003 or there about.
Try running Windows 7 on something from 2005... or AIX 5.3 ... or HP-UX 11... or Redhat 6... Not reading articles about this...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
