Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 11:27:11 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> To: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone out there ? Message-ID: <20001025112711.A62010@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010240847110.29310-100000@heorot.1nova.com>; from hamellr@heorot.1nova.com on Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 08:53:07AM %2B0000 References: <39F68D1C.45F9F336@softweyr.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010240847110.29310-100000@heorot.1nova.com>
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On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 08:53:07AM +0000, Rick Hamell wrote: > Of course the biggest problem to me is the cost of Sparc > Architecture... I can get Ultra 5 in the $900-$1000 range. Yet can go down > to my local computer store a buy a decent PC for $400. Yes Sparc Hardware > is good, and if I needed it, might be worth the money. But I've been > building good quality servers for years and find it hard to justify the > extra money for a Sparc machine when PC does just as well. :) You cannot get the 24/7 HW support that Sun gives on most PC's. Nor the "just plug-n-play" of its hardware. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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