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To: Bilow who wrote (2200)	10/25/1998 8:21:00 PM
From: divvie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2578

Very good argument that I cannot dispute (the cost will keep coming down) and it addresses the question that I asked the first time, i.e. server market saving the box makers, rather than simply concentrating on the client. I find myself in an unusual situation where I actually prefer Unix boxes for our mission critical systems but want MSFT to sell NT like crazy to help my DELL investment and also for MSFT to still not be able to tackle the scalability issue without the need for multiple clusters. Hence MSFT are, ironically and of course IMHO, the limiting factor in the race to bring down server costs. Which is good for my DELL investment. I do not doubt that the situation will change in the next couple of years and I will be watching closely for any major shifts in the server market. BTW, the thin client, fat server model is accepted terminology and the best example is the internet. The browser is the thin client and the servers that maintain the backbone and database engines on the internet are the fat server. I still think we have a lot of life yet in the fat server and I'm still not sure that the distinction between desktop and the server is so arbitrary. Thanks for the posts on the tech advances. My job is not the hardware, but I am extremely interested in it so appreciate being kept up to date.