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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (19855)	4/7/1999 3:09:00 AM
From: RTev	Respond to of 74651

Also I am waiting for a boxmaker to really get behind Solaris. That's not going to happen. But Linux is significant because it is a Unix-family OS that run on an Intel chip and it's doing very well in the server market. Most of the PC box-makers, who now have an low-end Unixen solution, are taking advantage of it.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (19855)	4/7/1999 3:16:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

The unix vendors can't manufacture cost effectively at the low end (well anywhere really) SUNW's low-end Ultra 5 runs at the same price/performance as DELL's high-end PC's. The only difference is the software. Solaris is a high-quality, secure O/S and NT is not. NT supports apps which are not available on Solaris that helps it to sell well in the office market. Now SUNW is producing the PCi card that runs NT apps inside an Ultra on a pci-slotted card with no performance hits. Michelle, this means that MSFT has serious competition in their home base, and it's coming from the leading internet team in the business: SUNW-AOL. You need to consider this carefully if you are thinking seriously about staying long on MSFT. cherylw

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (19855)	4/7/1999 9:37:00 PM
From: J Krnjeu	Respond to of 74651

Ms. Michelle Harris, Also I am waiting for a boxmaker to really get behind Solaris. Is this happening? The unix vendors can't manufacture cost effectively at the low end (well anywhere really) I don't see any boxmaker getting behind Solaris except for Sun. I've worked on 3 different vendors version of Unix. All versions of Unix I know are different. The best Unix/hardware I've worked on was Digital (now Compaq) Alpha. Their Unix was much better and only had some of the common Unix problems. Didn't crash as much as the others. In addition, their version was the only one, at the time, that could take advantage of the 64 bit configuration. This is important if you want to run a very large database configuration. Most Unix's needed drivers to address storage greater than 10 gigabytes. DEC unix could address Terabytes without drivers. The Alpha box was the fastest I've seen. It was much faster than any Sun box I worked on and a great deal lower cost. The largest Sun box that I worked on for any length of time was the SUN 6000. Becareful on what some person will post here about Sun. They are posting PR with no actual experience. Thank You JK