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To: rudedog who wrote (28805)	3/11/2000 11:36:00 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Re: "No question that the S80 is aimed upstream, and in capability spans the range where the UE6500 and UE10000 play." I would think so. quote.fool.com "In head-to-head comparisons versus the Sun E10000, the 64-bit RS/6000 S80 equipped with up to 24 copper-based microprocessors wins the overwhelming majority of performance benchmarks, far exceeding the performance of a more costly E10000 using up to 64 microprocessors. The price/performance of an RS/6000 S80 with 24 microprocessors and 64 GB of memory is about 50 percent better than an Sun E10000 with 64 microprocessors and 64 gigabytes (GB).(3)" THE WATSONYOUTH

To: rudedog who wrote (28805)	3/12/2000 11:29:00 AM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

rudedog, >To do that they would need to compromise some of their more proprietary components, which they don't want to do since those protect their AS400 and S390 markets which are way bigger money than any of this Unix stuff. So far, they have not been willing to do more than go after "targets of opportunity" which they can hit without cutting into their bread and buter. Are you sure IBM knows which side their bread is buttered on anymore? Even the S390 market might finally be sliding away like some unfortunates' houses in Daly City (oh, you live in Texas, right?). I think IBM will promote, push whatever HW is selling from now on. The IBM rep said they'd be pushing copper down into mid-range RS6K's. Copper started in 390, but they'll proliferate it now. Interesting times re high end server choices. Might be the most since IBM and the 7 dwarfs, without a giant any more. Tony