Author: Zachariah Amela
Date: 08:03:17 08/20/99
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On August 19, 1999 at 21:16:57, Robert Hyatt wrote: >I run linux on all my machines.. I have a quad pentium pro 200, a quad xeon >400, this PII/300 notebook, plus a bunch of machines scattered all over our >department running linux. Sun is simply not worth the money. Anything I can >buy from them, I can buy from intel at 1/2 to 1/4 the cost, and at least 2x to >4x the performance. You must really like Linux. And by the sound of it, it sound very reliable. > >makes you wonder, doesn't it? Windows NT seems to run fine. But if you insist >on unix, get the same box but run Linux. It is at least as reliable as any >windows or solaris or you-name-it system... Yes, it does make me wonder. I wonder why everyone toots Suns horn if it's such a kludge? As to not running Windows, you got it. I'm very tired of Windows in so many ways. > >And the price is right... You got that right. Sun and SGI are spendy. I can build a custom intel system for a lot better. Thanks.
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