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To: McNabb Brothers who wrote (4539)	11/8/2001 8:33:23 AM
From: im a survivor	Respond to of 13815

No wonder the institutions have been piling back into SUNW : Sun Leaves IBM in the Dust With World's Fastest Application Server Featuring 900 MHz UltraSPARC III CPUs Sun Provides Total Cost of Ownership Solution On the High-End and the Midrange With Enhanced Features and Performance on the Sun Fire Servers SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW - news) today announced the availability of the UltraSPARC III Cu 900 MHz CPU for the Sun Fire(TM) 3800, 4800, 4810 and 6800 Midframe server family, injecting new capabilities into the already leading line of servers. With these high-performance, copper-based processors, the Sun Fire Midframe servers topple performance records for SPECjbb2000, achieving 174,658 operations per second, while IBM's fully configured high-end p690 (Regatta) system performance was only 169,794, making the Sun Fire Midframe servers the fastest Application servers in the world. Building on this success Sun also previewed the Messaging Internet Data Center Reference Architecture for Sun Fire Midframe servers, designed to help customers reduce their risk and simplify the deployment of their integrated solutions. biz.yahoo.com

To: McNabb Brothers who wrote (4539)	11/8/2001 8:34:07 AM
From: im a survivor	Respond to of 13815

and some more.... Sun Microsystems Servers Selected as Part of Katun Corporation's Multi-Million Dollar, Enterprise-Wide ERP Solution Chosen Over IBM and HP, Sun's Products and Services Designed to Lower IT Management Costs SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW - news) announced today that Katun Corporation, a leading aftermarket distributor of imaging supplies, photoreceptors and parts for the business equipment industry, has selected Sun's Sun Fire(TM) and Sun Enterprise(TM) servers, and Sun's Solaris(TM) 8 Operating Environment for its new ERP (enterprise resource planning) solution. Katun is modernizing its IT infrastructure with the development of a new, enterprise-wide ERP solution that is designed to help facilitate expansion of business models and market opportunities, and to strengthen connections to the company's suppliers and customers globally. biz.yahoo.com

To: McNabb Brothers who wrote (4539)	11/8/2001 8:35:07 AM
From: im a survivor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13815

and even more........ Results Prove Once Again - Sun Fire 6800 Midframe Server Beats IBM's Fully-Configured p690 Server Sun's Price Performance Is 31 Percent Higher Than IBM's p690 on SPECjbb2000 Application Benchmark Demolishing IBM's Claims of a Price Advantage SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW - news) today submitted results for the SPECjbb2000 benchmark, using the Sun Fire(TM) 6800 Midframe server and the Solaris(TM) 8 Operating Environment, achieving 174,658 operations per second, Sun's Midframe server beats IBM's fully configured high-end p690 (Regatta) system performance of 169,794. Based on the benchmark configuration list prices, the Sun Fire 6800 server has 31 percent better price performance than the IBM p690/HPC. On the benchmarked configurations Sun has a price performance of $6.37/op/s compared with the IBM at $9.26/op/s. With this result, Sun now holds the top two performance records for SPECjbb2000, the fastest Sun result is in a different league as shown by being 90% faster than the IBM p690. biz.yahoo.com