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Technology Stocks : All About Sun Microsystems -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rusty Johnson who wrote (13276)	1/9/1999 9:53:00 PM
From: SKIP PAUL	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

I completely agree with McNealy's vision. I store all my email on the internet today and am able to access it anywhere in the world. I would not mind doing the same for my word documents, spreadsheets and whatever else I do on the PC. I wouldn't have to bother with updating and learning new software every time Bill Gates decides to put out a new version.

To: Rusty Johnson who wrote (13276)	1/10/1999 8:04:00 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Dear Rusy: Quite an article, seems well balanced to me. What seems to be left out is the fact that 50% of people have NOTHING. Why? In my judgement, because it is TOO DAMN COMPLICATED for the average person to understand a PC let alone utilize even 10% of its possabilities. I include myself in that group and I believe that my education and background far exceed AVERAGE. So, what I am saying, is that there is room in my judgement for BOTH. I probably would never give up my PC just as a matter of STATUS--haha But I can tell you I probably would ALSO have a set top box or whatever it will be called just for INTERNET use. SIMPLICITY, thats the key. Make it so Grandma can understand and success is ASSURED. JDN

To: Rusty Johnson who wrote (13276)	1/10/1999 5:57:00 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 64865

[Now, Sun's powerful servers, which scoop up and dispatch information over far-flung networks, are in hot demand from the likes of Colgate-Palmolive, Hershey Foods, GTE, and American Express--none of which bought Sun gear before. That has put Sun's server sales on a pace to rise 30% in 1998, compared with an 18% gain for servers made by HP and a 10% increase for those from IBM, according to estimates by market researcher International Data Corp. (IDC). And even though the Asian flu knocked HP's and IBM's profits down this year and kept their sales growth under 10%, Sun's profits in the quarter ended Sept. 30 soared 21%, to $198 million, while sales jumped 19%, to $2.5 billion.] One of analyst on Rukyser's Money Show believes demand in 1999 will be for hardware rather than software because those who now have software are trying to figure out how to use it and are unlikely to update. Do not recall analyst name. I taped show so maybe I can find it later.