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To: paul who wrote (408)	12/8/1997 1:27:00 PM
From: ahhaha	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1600

Sun had a monopoly, say 70% of the server market. It has been whittled away by the companies you mentioned. Solaris source is available on request? Amazing. And extremely dangerous. What prevents me from making substantial modifications to it for internal use only? If my company got big, wouldn't there be potential for all manner of hybrids to become illegally disseminated outside the company? What would happen to the Solaris if the hybrids were better? They could destroy my company, but the damage would already be done. On the outside extensions have been rife and have fractionalized the UNIX market. I'm a physicist and I know that UNIX-Sun dominates the scientific market. Physicists look for machines that are efficient without regard to how much they cost. The bigger demand, the biz world, is willing to deal with an inferior machine(say stability wise) at a lower average cost. So how does one reach a conclusion about "better"? Even price/performance alone isn't adequate to reach a conclusion. I don't work for MSFT. They drive me crazy. I've been to hell and back with VC++ x.yz and JC++ x.y. Like so many others I'm a captured audience. Sun long ago chose not to compete in the low end, and so, with all of the problems, I can still make more money with the cheap MSFT junk. My clients have adjusted over the years to the headaches, but have got enough out of it to feel at the prices they're paying that it's worth it. When someone asks about alternatives I have suggested Sun, but they never go in that direction. MSFT will eventually lose their monopoly position in their markets. That's inevitable. Monopolies are inherently inefficient. NT is selling strongly and eating away at Sun's dominance.

To: paul who wrote (408)	12/8/1997 9:17:00 PM
From: ahhaha	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1600

I called Sun today and asked them about open systems and Solaris 2.6 source code availability. They told me that they don't have sucn an "evaluation program" available but they would be happy to demonstrate the product for me. You said that "anyone can get the source for Unix at no charge", how do you do that? I'm not trying to be an irritant, I'm actually interested in it. You and C. Williamson have convinced me that I need to look at it closer. Do yo know if the Intel vers. is also similarily available?