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To: Stormweaver who wrote (15669)4/23/1999 1:02:00 PM
From: Mike Milde  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 64865
 
<< Buying PC iron versus proprietary Sun iron gives the corporate world the widest range of possible OS's to run. It's also cheaper to upgrade and maintain. >>

PC's are not cheaper to maintain. Give us some references to studies that show this.

Mike



To: Stormweaver who wrote (15669)4/23/1999 5:31:00 PM
From: Charles Tutt  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 64865
 
I don't see that as an advantage. First, there is also an assortment of OS's (including Linux) that run on Sparcs; the notable exception is NT. More importantly, I think most people pick one OS and use it exclusively, so being theoretically able to run others isn't useful.

JMHO.


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