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To: Robert who wrote (40362)	1/12/2001 1:15:15 PM
From: Steve Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Robert, Apologies for the amateur joker comment. What I was trying to convey is that u r getting into an argument over whether something that I have worked with and is in many installations worldwide exists, as a way of trying to deny that Windows has any place in the market for serious cost effective workstations. A case can be made for and against all sorts of software in all sorts of situations, and in many situations a solution from any of a number of vendors would do a good job. I actually think Sun is a good company from the point of view of innovation. I don't like their business tactics e.g. going to the DOJ to battle a competitor and trying compete by taking cheap shots at a competitor rather than competing in the marketplace. If I come over as anti-Sun or pro MS then it is to counter the unbalanced information that shows up on this thread, where certain regulars try to convinve others that Sun is invincible and has superior hardware or reliability compared to its competitors. The point I made earlier about SI problems coming after a switch to Sun is not "there are problems therefore Sun sucks compared to the previous NT solution". It is to point out that the quality of a solution depends on the skills of the people involved rather than the choice of hardware or software (OK, some hardware/software is crap but that is not the case with either Solaris or NT/2000). Technically, Windows 98 could be said to be crap and I refuse to use it myself, but it has a place in the market. All products are a compromise between factors such as price, usability, stability etc and I'm sure 98 hits the spot for its target audience. Unfortunately it taints some people against NT or 2000. And due to NT/2000's ease of installation where a relative newcomer can have a server running in an hour, there are a lot of examples of bad installations. Don't confuse that with the quality of the product. Windows 2000 is every bit as stable as Solaris, and you can find Intel hardware with as much stability and redundancy as Sun hardware. The difference is that because of the cost of the Sun hardware, Solaris normally gets treated with more respect in terms of who is allowed to touch the server and how it is managed.