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To: techtonicbull who wrote (32163)	5/21/2000 10:46:00 PM
From: E_K_S	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 64865

Hi Techtonicbull - I believe Jean (from Canada) up thread reported that he saw many of these UltraIII's in production. It is possible that these timing problems appeared as a result of the extensive testing SUNW does on each machine before delivery. I wonder if SUNW plans to deliver a few machines on a piece mill basis before they have the complete fix resolved. It may take many month's to isolate the specific problem(s) and design an appropriate long term fix. Yes, it is very important that it is not isolated directly to the new chip. Let's hope the problems occur consistently and are due directly from a component or even a specific timing circuit. These are easy to fix. If, however, problems occur randomly we could get many customers postponing delivery. These are the risks associated with a new product and technology transition RedDog explained up thread. Let's hope they are resolved correctly and quickly. This is why management gets paid the big bucks. EKS