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To: chic_hearne who wrote (34906)	8/30/2000 2:31:16 AM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

I can't see any reason for Sun to support this platform. Sun's ten-year-long dalliance with x86 hardware and software resulted in zero revenue. Whether it was a disaster for the company, merely one of many dry holes that Sun explored during the 90's, or a tactic with some valuable FUD side effects is a question that is open to (uninteresting) debate. But I think a Sun-built AMD x86-64 box is an intriguing concept. The cannibalization of their own hardware sales is a red herring. The play would be to compete against Intel Linux boxes that threaten them at the low end anyway. Not likely to happen, I'm free-associating. But it sure would make some headlines. --QS