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

To: QwikSand who wrote (15639)	4/22/1999 8:41:00 PM
From: Stormweaver	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Sun's biz is IRON. That iron is proprietary and limited in expandability. PC's + Linux are now positioned to move into the UNIX workstation and server markets: 1. Industry standard vendors backing Linux; Oracle, Sybase,... 2. PC - better price/performance/variety of components & software. 3. 4-8 way x86 configs this year. 4. Reliability/scalability now there with new kernels. 5. No UNIX licensing fees. 6. 7x24 Support is now there through third parties. I see the shift happening this year; first sign will be workstation sale slowdowns.