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To: DiViT who wrote (41722)	3/2/2001 10:40:06 PM
From: paul	Respond to of 64865

hmm...well, then there isn't a used server to sell - but that really isnt your point is it? First its no one wants Sun Servers vs. Wintel but after 2 years of blistering growth in the face of Win2000 - now its too many people have Sun servers - so which one is it?

To: DiViT who wrote (41722)	3/2/2001 10:49:40 PM
From: paul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Since Sun does not have a dominant position in the overall server market lets say like Cisco does in its market - i suspect an amount of excess inventory is a plus as it expands the market for Sun product. Im drawing this observation because i went to a liquidation auction held by dovebid in San Jose and there was Sun, Cisco, IBM and lots of PC gear. A large Sun server (E6500) went to a startup which was previously on Wintel gear only. Sun's backlog is still very healthy over 800M based on the last conference call - availability of equipment has been a problem for Sun so the current weaning of the .com's recycles the equipment into new markets - a circle of life kind of thing.