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To: Mitch Blevins who wrote (1443)	4/14/1999 10:22:00 PM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (3) of 2615

Well they might try if we had a more public profile but SUN is pretty smug about their machine centric position. Why would would pay big money for a SPARC processor that performs about as good as a 260 MHZ Pentium? They can buy a DEC alpha or a 450 MHZ Pentium II and run Linux for 1/5 the cost, plus outperform the SPARC by 300%. By independent tests, a SPARC 20 running Solaris performs not quite as well as a 90 MHZ Pentium running BSDI. With 2 processors, an ASUS board running Linux at 450 MHZ (Pentium II) is the most computer for the money that humankind has ever been able to buy. That is why I am not particularly concerned about SUN's software and hardware. SUN is a dinosaur headed for LeBrea. Linux is an Archeopteryx with a wind under its wings that is blowing to the future. EC<:-}

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