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To: Justin Banks who wrote (3955)	1/10/1998 2:38:00 PM
From: Stormweaver	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14451

Sun / DEC / HP /SGI comparison ; anyone feel free to add in more to SGI's value-add...I could go on but here are a few points... Sun - (seems to be the future chocie for UNIX shops) - binary compatibility between all architectures & between OS revisions ( this is a biggy that most UNIX's don't do) - fully threaded kernel allowing multiple concurrent context from a single process active in the kernel at any time - most stable and standard UNIX, NCR to standardize on Solaris now (SVR4 +spec1170) - owners/mentors of Java technology - leaders in new tech and working with other vendors to make it standard - third party vendors tend to develop/test/roll-out on Sun first DEC - (for those who want flexibility for NT or UNIX ...) - can run DEC-UNIX, VMS or NT on same box - processors are probably the fastest - have intel on the ropes ; ) - awesome clustering technology that will work with NT nodes - awesome consulting arm; companies that have strong consulting will capitilize on the Y2K ; ie. ORCL, DEC, and IBM have strong consulting arms. HP - (I developed on HP-UX so ....) - can't say anything positive - they break binary compatibility between architectures and OS releases and their UNIX has never been quite standard (always lagged behind) - don't try and get tech support!!!! SGI - - 64 bit already - good graphic software + grahpic capability - good low end price points - SVR4 yet?? - binary compat between arch's ??? - binary compat between OS releases ??? - threaded kernel ? - what thread standard supported?? - ? any good mid-range boxes (between Cray and o2000?)