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To: BILL CHOW who wrote (6218)	12/17/1997 4:30:00 PM
From: Chung Yang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Sun will not be come a software only company. Solaris already runs on the Intel box. You can buy Solaris for x86 for $99.00 off the street today. But what this agreement entails is that Sun will port Solaris onto Merced which enable Intel to have a legitimate networking server OS. It has always been a part of Sun's strategy to offer X86 software products. It will give Sun a new market and Intel customers more choices. Will there be a need for Sun box. The answer is yes. x86 boxes are behind in technology and performance for mission critical server applications by quite a margin. Sun boxes are already 64bits and have the capability of running a 64 way multi-processor systems. Intel bases boxes will still take several years to catch up. By then Sun boxes would be makeing 2048 way servers. - Chung >>> Hi All: Will Sun turn into a software Company? When Solaris runs well on Intel Box, will there be a need to have a Sun Box? Cheers <<<