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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: SPARCstation 2 --> workstation wars
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Date: 22 Oct 90 21:38:02 GMT
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In article <0093E5EF.ABEDCFA0@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU> sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney) writes:

   In article <Fvo.hft2@cs.psu.edu>, melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:

   >than Sun as long as they have better system software.  If speed was
   >all that mattered, then Sun would have crushed Apple a long time ago.

   Sun and Apple are not in direct competition. Sun has a "workstation" niche
   and has never, ever, tried to market a "home" machine for "The rest of us."
   Besides, the pre-1990 prices on Sun vs Apple aren't even close to comparable.
   You're comparing...well...Apples and oranges.

I didn't realize Apple sold all(or even most) of their computers to
the home market.  Until Oct. 15 Macs were priced out of the average
consumer's budget.  I was talking about the business market.  Sun got
Lotus and Ashton-Tate(dBase) to port their wares to their computers so
that they could get part of the business market; that's where they see
their future growth coming from.  Sun does sell a Sparc Station for
$5000, and I would say that you get considerably more performance out
of it than a $5000 Mac.  Are we talking Apples and Apples yet?

-Mike