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To: E_K_S who wrote (11078)	9/15/1998 12:09:00 PM
From: E_K_S	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Rumor on the street is that INTEL will select SCOC's UNIX as "their" standard OS for the new MERCED chip. Any idea as to how this might impact SUNW? Is their any significant difference between SCOC's UNIX and SUNW SOLARIS? SUNW has already stated that they will port their most current version of Sun SOLARIS to the INTEL MERCED platform. If INTEL does select SCOC's Unix as "the standard" this would imply that CPQ, DELL, and even IBM will follow with preloaded versions of this OS for their customers. SUNW needs to get the word out on SOLARIS and start to market the benefits over SCOC's UNIX so when MERCED is finally released, the customer can have a CPQ, DELL or IBM build their servers with SOLARIS rather than SCOC's UNIX. ===================================================================== This will be an important announcement if and when it happens...let's just hope it is more rumor than fact. EKS

To: E_K_S who wrote (11078)	9/15/1998 4:17:00 PM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

And in addition, take a careful look at this little goodie, the first of many devices that will rely on Java to help transform the information infrastructure of millions of homes. Hooked up to cable so that Java-app downloads will be lightning quick. DVD support, internet support, plain old cable-TV decoding, Java, dynamite 3D gaming, etc. etc. And this is just the first one of these from a big player. More will follow. All will support Java. What in the world would anything belonging to Microsoft add to this experience? Nada. This is a glimpse of the future, folks. Don't you think this should even make some impression on the institutional investors on the Street? Eventually it has to. Regards, --QwikSand next-generation.com