Re: [TCLUG:19672] VALinux vs Compaq, and OT: statistical inference

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

hahahahahha.. well.. yes.. braging rights and all.. but as far as
bang/buck you don't get much for 900k.. but add another million or two to
fully load a 10k, and THAT will give you some horsepower.. just don't
forget to have that 500k/year service contract with sun :)

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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 "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends."

On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Adam Maloney wrote:

> Don't get much?!  You get to say "I have a UE10k".  And your friends get
> to say "I have a friend that has a UE10k".  Much better than "I have a
> room full of crappy x86 hardware".
> 
> 
> Adam Maloney
> Systems Administrator
> Sihope Communications
> 
> On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Ben Kochie wrote:
> 
> > the UE10k is sun microsystem's bigest server.. totaly scaleable, very
> > powerful, but at $900,000 for a base system, it's a little spendy.. (you
> > don't get much for that either)
> > 
> > Thank You,
> >         Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)
> > 
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> >  "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends."
> > 
> > On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, George Swan wrote:
> > 
> > > At 10:09 AM 7/19/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >Yeah...if you really want high-performance, reliability and a clear
> > > >upgrade path there's this company called Sun...UE10k anybody?
> > > I'm lurking & Learning ......and clue-less ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > (ie, I'm curious what the heck "UE10k" is?)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >      "What's baffled mean?"
> > > gs
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