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To: E_K_S who wrote (7502)	2/1/1998 11:25:00 PM
From: Karl Radke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Hang Seng up over 8% as I type. Maybe a good day tomorrow for us?

To: E_K_S who wrote (7502)	2/2/1998 12:09:00 AM
From: John Mireley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Is there some reason that no one mentions the fact that the Ultra Sparc IIi (Darwin)is a 64 bit processor? The PC press sure hasn't noticed. For the price of a mid range PC you can now buy a 64 bit processor and operating system from Sun. Incorporating a PCI bus interface and memory controller it should be a piece of cake for the mother board cloners to use this chip and nock of a copy and set up the screw driver shops.

To: E_K_S who wrote (7502)	2/2/1998 1:17:00 AM
From: Kashish King	Respond to of 64865

Ken Okin of Sun Microsystems actually setup this independent comment with his rambling, incoherent and inconclusive announcement about the planned add-on Wintel card. Apparently those who need e-mail should use Windows: "The main advantage is having a single box for engineers who need a word processor or e-mail. It makes sense from a management perspective," said Jon Oltsik, an analyst with Forrester Research. They also announced that it would run as fast as a 300 Mhz Pentium II put that they will use either a Cyrix or AMD processor. AMD can't even live up to their current contractual agreements with IBM and Compaq thanks to severe yield problems and Cyrix offers hybrid processor/multimedia chip. Pentium II isn't even an option for an add-on PCI card. Sun needs to take a page out of Intel's playbook and not comment on unrelease products. Barring that, have their press releases pre-screened for signs of intelligent life.