Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 13:28:30 -0000 From: "Peter McGarvey" <Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk> To: "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: "Jonathon McKitrick" <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, "questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD vs Solaris Message-ID: <NDBBJLAJELEHNLGABIJNCEAMDEAA.Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912100434390.4557-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
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> > Solaris on SPARC is as good as FreeBSD on Intel. On an Intel
> > Solaris comes second. So if you can afford it get a decent Sun SPARC
> > system. Failing that use FreeBSD.
>
> I really disagree with you, if you can afford sparc hardware then
> you ought to buy 4 to 6 PCs with the money, you get both fault
> tolerance and cheap/easy fast part replacement along with probably
> at least twice the power of your single sparc system.
>
> The only time it's worth buying sparc is when you have the money
> to get several of them or you _really_ need big iron hardware,
> otherwise it's putting all your eggs in one basket.
>
Sorry, I was being sarcastic.
I support a single SPARC system. For what we paid for it I could have built
about 20 top of the range PCs. The only time I'd ever consider buying
another SAPRC is if some third party forced the decision on me (which is why
we have the SPARC mentioned above).
Personally, I would buy a SPARC for personal use. But only if I have silly
amounts of money that I didn't know what to do with, left over after buying
that Aston Martin DB7 I want so much.
In other words - in my dreams.
TTFN, FNORD
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