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To: Thomas Mercer-Hursh who wrote (24148)12/6/1999 9:14:00 PM
From: rudedog  Read Replies (1) of 64865
 
Thomas - you are exactly right. That is the point - the UE10000 can do jobs that are simply too large for the Intel-based hardware. Likewise the parallel machines like IBM SP (and for that matter Tandem Himalaya) require that the app be partitionable, which most of the e-business back end systems are not. So if you have a system which may need the headroom (and what e-business doesn't think they need the headroom), and you want to "just pump it up", the UE10000 is about your only choice. Of course you can get there reasonably easily off of the 4500/5500 or 6500, which is why I call the UE10000 a "magnet" - it pulls a lot more systems than it sells directly.

Thanks for an insightful comment.
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