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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (53889)	4/22/2003 10:42:27 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 64865

no, my argument is that the advent of computer for the masses be it PCs or what was used for Arpanet, drove the need for the network, not the other way around.

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (53889)	4/23/2003 12:49:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

"Sun hasn't shut Cobalt down -- they've been growing it." Not allowing them to advance the performance is the same thing. Restricting the Cobalt systems to a P3 of 1Ghz or less doesn't seem like they are allowing them to advance quickly against thier own proprietary Sparc solution. My hunch is that had they been allowed to go their own way, we would have seen a Cobalt system with a Pentium 4 or Xeon in it by now. JMHO RaQ 550 sports a 1Ghz P3 sun.com Sun Cobalt Qube 3 Appliance sun.com Requirements The Sun Cobalt Qube 3 appliance is a complete system, and requires no additional add-ons. The only requirement is that the user have a connection to an ISP for internet connectivity (if desired), a hub to create the local area network, and a computer running Windows, MacOS, or Unix (any flavor) with an Internet browser. Specifications Browser-based administration, auto-configuration utility, email and Web-mail, Web server, cross-platform file sharing, NAT, DNS and DHCP server, development tools (CGI, PHP, Perl, Interbase, MySQL), optional web caching. 450 MHz x86 CPU, 6 4- 512 MB RAM, 20 - 40 GB hard drives (optional 2 x 40 GB HDD with RAID 1), optional SCSI port, internal PCI, dual Ethernet, USB and serial port, and optional Point to Point VPN.