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To: kash johal who wrote (45106)1/7/1999 1:21:00 PM
From: Scumbria  Respond to of 1571828
 
Kash,

We would love to have x86 workstations. Unfortunately the CAD vendors are all Unix based.


If you did have NT workstations, you would understand better why the CAD vendors stay on Unix.

Scumbria



To: kash johal who wrote (45106)1/7/1999 1:28:00 PM
From: Paul Engel  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1571828
 
Kash - Re: "Unfortunately the CAD vendors are all Unix based.
So we run on Sun Ultra's slower and more expensive but what the hell they work fine."

One day maybe that will change.

Intel is predicting Sun will eventually switch to Intel processors.

Paul