tell me, what's the difference between a wintel workstation
and any other pc?
different cpu?
different bus?
different memory architecture?
multi-user?
crash-proof?
....or just a different label on the box?
i'm sorry, but this is ridiculous. of course wintel
workstations are outshipping unix boxes. a wintel
workstation is simply a pc, and pc's have been outshipping
unix boxes for as long as they've both existed.
sure, pc's are more capable than they used to be, but
so are unix boxes. they're used for *different*
tasks. this is where twister's "remember the mac"
mantra breaks down. the mac, for it's entire existence,
was competing head-to-head against pc's. sun boxes aren't.
neither are ibm as/400's, 3com palmpilots, or casio
wristwatches, none of which are in danger of extinction
either.
stop listening to the analsysts (who've never used sun
hardware and don't know what it's for). talk to engineers
at GM to find out what workstations are, and why they
use sun. talk to IS people at FedEx to find out what
servers are for and why they use sun. talk to secretaries
at GM, FedEx, or anywhere else to find out what pc's are
for. it's a whole different ballgame.
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