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Customer says Sun failed acceptance test; Sun claims it simply missed testing deadline
A major research organization in Australia confirmed last week that it terminated a $5 million supercomputer contract with Sun Microsystems Inc. and awarded the deal to Compaq Computer Corp. instead. The research organization said Sun's high-end servers failed acceptance tests.
In mid-February, the Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing (APAC) announced that it had selected Compaq to provide technology for large-scale scientific and engineering research in areas such as molecular modeling and fluid dynamics.
Under the three-year deal, Compaq will supply APAC with a 480-processor AlphaServer SC system that, when fully installed, will rank among the most powerful systems in Australia, according to APAC.
APAC is a partnership involving most Australian universities and CSIRO Australia, the country's largest scientific and industrial research agency.