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To: soup who wrote (11908)	4/20/1998 9:16:00 PM
From: Phillip C. Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

<<Without stretching my miniscule knowledge of UNIX, I think we can safely assume that persons considering the purchase of Sun workstations would consider buying Macs to the extent they're faster, cheaper and can run the same software.>> I agree with your assessment regarding Rhapsody/G3,G4 gaining some enterprise shares from Sun Solaris since it will be a lot cheaper than Sun's. Yahoo has updated Analysts' estimates on Apple: quote.yahoo.com It makes me laugh about their estimates. Last quarter (Q2), it was 99% positive surprise. They still stubbornly estimated $0.27 per share in Q3. Are those analysts really doing their jobs? What a stupid forcasted numbers. It is possible to be the double of $0.27 net in Q3. Wake up! My respectful analysts! Phil

To: soup who wrote (11908)	4/20/1998 10:36:00 PM
From: Randy Tidd	Respond to of 213177

> Without stretching my miniscule knowledge of UNIX, I think we can > safely assume that persons considering the purchase of Sun > workstations would consider buying Macs to the extent they're > faster, cheaper and can run the same software. Unix workstations don't generally have the same kind of software as PC's (Windows or Mac). They don't usually have fancy word processors, spreadsheets, games, home finance software, accounting packages, etc. Instead they have software for 3D or CAD/CAM modeling, high-end software development, file servers, web servers, network firewalls, etc. The average PC user doesn't have much need for the software that comes on Unix workstations, and has no reason to pay the higher prices for them. That said, Unix as a rule is a much more sophisticated and powerful operating system, in terms of running multiple tasks at once, networking, and performance. That is actually one of the cool things about Rhapsody. If they deliver what they say they will, it will be a full-fledged Unix operating system underneath, and a full-featured user-oriented windowing system on top, so we will get the best of both worlds. Randy