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To: Dan3 who wrote (137266)	6/13/2001 2:19:23 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Monica Girl - re: "Extensive article about the server market at:" Funny...there was no mention of AMD or the SludgePumper or the ClodHamsters... Maybe these are on nobody's radar screens (except the AMDroids') !!

To: Dan3 who wrote (137266)	6/13/2001 11:19:54 AM
From: Tony Viola	Respond to of 186894

Dan, the author talks about Unix servers, which you can't necessarily correlate to X86 servers since most of the latter run NT/2K. Still, I would have to agree that the trend is probably similar. The other thing is the upcoming modular or blade servers which, at the moment, AMD looks to not participate in at all. That's looking all Intel and Transmeta, with Tualatin leading the way. Recent sales data suggests some buyers are delaying big server purchases until the economy picks up. Gartner Dataquest says overall Unix server sales slipped 4.4% in the first quarter compared with a year earlier. "We're seeing the effects of reduced budget allocations," says Dataquest analyst Shahin Naftchi. Sales of Unix servers priced at more than $100,000 declined 3%, while sales of systems priced between $10,000 and $100,000 faced double-digit percentage declines. However, Naftchi notes that sales of low-end Unix servers are faring better. Sales of Unix servers priced between $5,000 and $10,000 actually increased 84.5%. "Many companies are buying smaller servers with the idea they can add more at a later date as necessary to spread out the cost," Naftchi says. Tony