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- From: fwp@CC.MsState.Edu (Frank Peters)
- Subject: Re: Solaris 2 vs Windows NT: Sun is losing the desktop on price
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.154400.23050@ra.msstate.edu>
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- Organization: Computing Center, Mississippi State University
- References: <1993Jan21.235025.6322@ra.msstate.edu> <bkK8#I`w@twinsun.com> <1993Jan22.143534.18578@ra.msstate.edu> <C19G06.8Gv@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:44:00 GMT
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- In article <C19G06.8Gv@ra.nrl.navy.mil> tse@ra.nrl.navy.mil (Anthony Tse) says:
- : In article <1993Jan22.143534.18578@ra.msstate.edu> fwp@CC.MsState.Edu (Frank Peters) writes:
- : >The subject line lead me to the idea that we were basically discussing
- : >SunOS on PCs. Under that restriction my statement above is completely
- : >accurate.
- :
- : Why would anyone in their right mind run SunOS on a PC (at least
- : not until the alpha PC, and only if it's as good as claimed) when
- : a Sun with the TI chip can be had for under $4k.
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- Hell if I know. Because they already have the PC perhaps?
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- I'm not advocating anything. I was just trying to clarify what you do and
- don't get for the $100 cost of a Solaris CD.
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