May's full moon rises tonight, reminding us of the ever-present issue of what to do with hardware that the manufacturer has deemed end of life. The connection? Timberwolves! STK's Timberwolf and Powderhorn lines stemmed from the products that rejuvenated the company after their bankruptcy issues in the mid 80s.In some measure the success of these products led to Sun taking an interest in, and eventually completing the acquisition of StorageTek in 2005. Sun itself was acquired by Oracle in 2010, bringing us to where we are today.The storage...
