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To: QwikSand who wrote (44383)	8/6/2001 3:19:26 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

I think a lot of this has to do with what's being measured. Units? Revenues? Desktop PCs running "server" versions of Windows? Mainframes with a Web connection? Notice that the article doesn't spell out many details. By adjusting the bounds of what's included in the term "server" one can "prove" just about whatever one likes. It's a little like measuring growth rates in MIPS. JMHO. Charles Tutt (TM)

To: QwikSand who wrote (44383)	8/6/2001 5:53:18 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Respond to of 64865

Hi QS, I agree with Charles. We've all heard this before. Somehow, every time I run into some kind of claim about Windows 2000 or about Linux and commoditization of the server market blah blah blah blah blah, by coincidence I wind up in front of a workstation or server at work that is running these O/S's on PC hardware. I don't know why it happens that way, but it does. Then I try out this "latest and greatest" challenge to Sun's desktops & servers and I can't believe that ANYONE would believe that McNealy and company should be worried. Today, I'm running Linux (RedHat) on a Dell PC. It's not NEARLY as good a desktop as my old SPARC20 running SunOS 4.1.3!!! Even dumb, simple stuff like the windowing software runs poorly. Linux isn't even as good or as stable as FreeBSD. It's an ok O/S but not ready for prime-time. Maybe Windows 2000 is ok for secretarys, admins, sales reps, & management types, but it's not ok for engineers who need highly reliable, versitile tools to get their jobs done. I still say it's SUNW & IBM. They will play divide & conquer. Despite Watson's FUD, I think both companies are a good play. I'm more biased towards SUNW, Watson likes IBM. I don't see how you can go wrong either way. They are both really well run companies.