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To: Tony Viola who wrote (88159)	9/11/1999 10:12:00 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Tony,>>>The main engine in this particular IBM threat-to-Sun attack is not Intel but a 24-processor RS/6000 server that will start at around $300,000, running on their 266 MHz Power processor (must be a typo). The 24 processor machine runs Unix or Linux. Smaller Intel based machines will also be intro'd. <<< Isn't this an IBM threat to IBM. I know I sound like a broken record, but what does a system 390 do that these systems can't do? Give me one real world example. Play chess? Run complex simulation models? Maintain large databases? Provide transaction processing to a large number of users? Give me one good reason why anyone should buy an AS400 (other than an upgrade) when they could get one of these or an Intel based system? Mary

To: Tony Viola who wrote (88159)	9/12/1999 11:39:00 PM
From: Harry Landsiedel	Respond to of 186894

Tony Viola. Re: "When will the street start to perceive Sun as a lone wolf that is prone to attack from a lot of sides? Remember the tpc/C numbers this week where the Intel based machines were several times better in price/performance. Just a matter of time for Sun (I've flip flopped on that one again, call me Ralph II)." I think you flipped right this time. The price/performance numbers are compelling to me, as long as the systems are equal in reliability. It's hard to see SUN not falling into the same trap as Silicon Graphics as Intel processors keep getting into more powerful systems, BWDIK. HL

To: Tony Viola who wrote (88159)	9/13/1999 11:39:00 AM
From: Harry Landsiedel	Respond to of 186894

Tony Viola. Re: "more on the ' highly lucrative market for the servers that power the Internet.'" Unisys Debuts Thintelligent Server Martin J. Garvey New Server Line Unisys has released a four-way, Intel Xeon server, the $29,000 Aquanta Thintelligent, for its WinPath Windows terminals. A proprietary 16-CPU version is due next year, with a 64-CPU version to follow. Unisys says all versions of the product will have high-reliability components tuned to support networks of as many as thousands of thin clients. Unisys will apply its cellular multiprocessing logical partitioning software to Thintelligent systems. This will let businesses dynamically run multiple workloads on one server, catering to the disparate needs of groups of thin-client users. HL