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To: QwikSand who wrote (27459)	2/9/2000 10:50:00 AM
From: Steve Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

No, I don't think you should call them. I don't think they would be interested.

To: QwikSand who wrote (27459)	2/9/2000 11:06:00 AM
From: paul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Qwik - 48 PIII's is fine for a Sequent - there's no reason why you cant string along a larger number of intel based cpu's if the OS can scale. You do get very crappy OLTP performance for some reason in a Sequent - so you dont see any benchmarks or wins but they have a respectable amount of Data Warehousing customers. Remember it is NOT running Windows but Dynix PTX - aka Unix. Unisys was the first Intel based maker to provide a 64 way machine - based on 64 Pentium Pro's - about 4 1/2 years ago. Unisys is a services firm today. btw - i have a friend who works at intel and he says folks there dont buy PIII's for their own use - they buy CELERONS - he says there faster in many cases!