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To: DiViT who wrote (53888)	4/22/2003 8:29:15 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Clearly we disagree. Networks, including the Arpanet (forefunner to the Internet), were around before the first PC, so you can hardly argue that they were the _result_ of the PC. Unix and Java are far more open and subject to standards bodies (including formal ones, but also ad hoc ones) than Windows will ever be. Who outside Microsoft has ANY real control over what goes in Windows? The only "lock in" Sun has on its customers is by best satisfying their needs, not by subterfuge. Of course being a monopolist is profitable, and the shareholders love it -- for a while. Sun hasn't shut Cobalt down -- they've been growing it. FWIW, I've bought more from Sun than I've bought from Microsoft in the past three years, although I'm embarrassed to admit I did buy an Audiotron, which contains WinCE. I've not been completely satisfied with it, though <g>, and I'm not sure I'd do it again -- its main attraction to me at the time was its lack of any noisy fans. JMHO. Charles Tutt (SM)

To: DiViT who wrote (53888)	4/23/2003 3:35:21 PM
From: Marc Hyman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

In the past 3 years, how much Sun Iron have you personally bought? One unit. A Blade 100 (because it was soo cheap and I needed a big endian 64-bitter to play with). How many PCs? One unit. A laptop to replace the laptop I gave to my daughter. Right this second I've 2 sun machines two intel machines in day-to-day use. All four do their jobs quite nicely. The difference between Sun and PC is that my 7 year old Sparc 5 is still usable, albeit with a newer/larger disk. All PCs more than 4 years old had to be replaced. If that holds I'll have to replace my "desktop" PC next year... probably with a powerpc machine as I don't have one of those to play with, yet. // marc