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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (683)	2/28/1997 2:48:00 PM
From: uu	of 64865

Eric: > So speaking of servers, does anyone know if their company is > planning on buying any of those new Starfire series servers, the > ones that start at about $800,000 a box? I think StarFire is aimed at going after IBM mainframes and from my understanding Sun is aggressively going after 3rd world emerging countries where automation has not yet taken place in terms of client server technology (such as Gold mining companies in SouthAfrica, or banks in Pakistan, and eastern block countries). HP is also after this market share but I think as always Sun will beat HP as Coke does with Pepsi! Not that Sun does not care much about the US market with its StarFire but if I am not mistaking and after talking to some engineers and marketing people at Sun, StarFire's primarily goal is to replace IBM in emerging countries abroad. And that is why I think the demand will be good and will offset any negative effect of an expensive dollar that might have on Sun's other sales abroad. - Addi Jamshidi

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