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From: gerry@cive.ri.cmu.edu (Gerry Roston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Windows 3.0
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Date: 9 Jul 90 14:14:42 GMT
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In article <7770@fy.sei.cmu.edu> bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson) writes:
>How much does your
>sun/os/software cost compared to another configuration?  

In point of fact, a Sun SparcStation 1+ with monochrome monitor
and local disk probably costs LESS than a comprably (sp?) equipped
IBM ??? (fill in with your favorite combination of hardware/software
to comprise an equivalent system).  Furthermore, the Sun will run 
circles around the PC and is a superior machine in every way.  Each
time I use a PC, I am amazed as to how poorly designed a system it
really is.

Oh, as to multi-tasking, the "normal" state for a networked Sun is
to be running on the order of 30+ simultaneous tasks (admittly, most
of these are sleeping until needed...)


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gerry roston, field robotics center
robotics institute, carnegie mellon university
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, 15213  (412) 268-6557
gerry@cive.ri.cmu.edu