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To: E_K_S who wrote (17839)	7/13/1999 8:15:00 PM
From: Dennis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Thread.....if sunw is invested in china.com isn't it a given that china. com will buy sunw servers, etc.??? Sorry, if this is a dumb question. TIA

To: E_K_S who wrote (17839)	7/14/1999 12:13:00 PM
From: Tecinvestor	Respond to of 64865

Does anyone know how large SUNW's stake is in China.Com? I understand AOL has a ten percent stake.

To: E_K_S who wrote (17839)	7/14/1999 2:33:00 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 64865

Halleujah! Dennis, good chance China Com will want SUN servers because they are excellent! Mephisto

To: E_K_S who wrote (17839)	7/14/1999 9:49:00 PM
From: E_K_S	Respond to of 64865

Anybody know the status of the Sun SOLARIS OS port to the Merced 64-bit chip....Are we on track? I would like to see how Solaris 7.0 performs with this new (next generation) processor and how it compares to the current SPARC chip performance. The boxmakers may now be motivated to per-load Solaris as the server OS of choice if Sun shows the market the performance characteristics w/ Merced vs the other Unix or MS options. EKS ========================== Intel: Merced's Processor Design Is Complete (07/14/99, 8:23 p.m. ET) By Alexander Wolfe, EE Times Intel has completed a major milestone on the long road to its 64-bit Merced microprocessor. ..."...the processor design is complete," an Intel spokeswoman said. techweb.com