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From: martelli@cadlab.sublink.ORG (Alex Martelli)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Snakebytes (HP process technology)
Message-ID: <772@cadlab.sublink.ORG>
Date: 23 Apr 91 08:20:23 GMT
References: <40812@cup.portal.com>,<32580016@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com>,<00947104.8B2D8080@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU>,<1991Apr17.153036.27373@ni.umd.edu> <00947448.7A748120@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU>
Organization: CAD.LAB, Bologna, Italia
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sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney) writes:
	...
:I am referring to marketing strategy. Sun has very successfully (to this date)
:worked a "Middle of the Road" approach, letting Solbourne and others work on
:either faster/stronger/multiprocessor options and affordable/cheaper/commodity
:machines (such as the CompuAdd box). 

I have not yet seen ONE Sun clone that is cheaper than a trueblue Sparcstation
SLC from Sun itself (possibly with 3rd party 8->16 meg RAM expansion, and
with a 3rd party external SCSI-connected box with disc/tape/whatever) - so
much for 'affordable/cheaper/commodity' machines!
-- 
Alex Martelli - CAD.LAB s.p.a., v. Stalingrado 53, Bologna, Italia
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