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To: High-Tech East who wrote (40088)	1/4/2001 8:56:33 PM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Seems like a surprisingly complete and fair summary of the situation. A little too centered on the U.S. (as Haim might say), but pretty evenhanded as Sun articles go. Thanks for that good post Ken. --QS

To: High-Tech East who wrote (40088)	1/4/2001 9:04:52 PM
From: Prognosticator	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

"I'm not going to put high-volume, mission-critical trading applications on Sun boxes until they prove they can handle it," says David Dibble, a senior vice president at Schwab. Well I wish Schwab had applied that same caution to the current systems they are using. They are constantly going down, requiring caution with placing order so that you don't double order. I think they need to upgrade their systems and soon. P.