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From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
To: Brian Handy <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com>
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On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Brian Handy wrote:
> Also, from the viewpoint of us clueless user-types, can anybody wax on the
> advantages of buying a Sparc platform?  My familiarity is mostly with
> x86's and Alphas...not many suns in-house.  "Why will my next h/w be a
> sun?" :-)

Workstation hardware doesn't require as many dead-chickens.

Its much more stable and well behaved.

I buy x86 hardware because it is too cheap not to.

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