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To: paul who wrote (16285)	5/11/1999 4:13:00 PM
From: Stormweaver	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

>> Sun has announced the PCI card with AMD chip to run Windows NT on >> a co processor card for workstations. Regarding the NT co-processor card that's just plain silly. It takes a pretty mixed up IT group to decide to continue to use Sun workstations with NT co-processor cards and paying for Windows API license (100 bucks). >> Sun has aggressively reduced entry level pricing of workstations >> and servers to compete with wintel. Pricing has been reduced on Sun workstations but pricing on PC's has significantly reduced. Sun workstations are still twice the price comparing 1-way and 2-way systems. As an example check back on this thread for pricing I did on a two-way Sun vs. a two-way DELL; Sun box was ~ 14K versus DELL box at 6K. The DELL box included 3 years 24 hour on-site support. >> Sun has fundamentally changed the landscape of computing with >> Java clients Java is great but Sun hasn't profited from it yet nor have they used it on their main web-site; hardly an endorsement. >> rather than chasing "x/86" and 32-bit windows" into low margin- >> commodity hell, Sun is riding the right wave of the Internet >> poweful servers and networked software You highlighted the major flaw; Sun doesn't care about the desktop. 90% of computers are desktop computers (x86 variety). Sun needs a new desktop strategy; look at the recent Mac revival.