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To: Valley Girl who wrote (57198)	4/9/2001 12:26:34 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

I disagree. The price of Sparc hardware is competitive with X86 when you make an apples-to-apples comparison. People think X86 hardware is cheaper because they ignore the differences in capabilities (e.g. comparing 32 bit X86 hardware with 64 bit Sparc). And the very same compiler that comes free with Linux is also available for Solaris. Furthermore, you can run Linux software on Solaris. JMHO. Charles Tutt (TM)

To: Valley Girl who wrote (57198)	4/9/2001 12:44:45 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Valley Girl, re: Oh, and the Solaris X86 is not to be compared to Linux because it comes only with the bare-bones OS, you must pay and pay big to get essential stuff like a C compiler, while Linux comes bundled with the sun, the moon, and the stars. Just my opinion, mind. You mean like these free tools and C Complier? Try: sun.com Development/Languages bison-1.28 flex-2.5.4 gcc-2.95.2 python-1.5.2 slang-1.4.0 tcl/tk-8.3.1 Don't let facts get in the way of your opinion.