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From: jdg@elmgate.UUCP
Newsgroups: misc.wanted,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Cheap wonderful UNIX boxes (Sun 3/50)
Message-ID: <607@elmgate.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Apr-87 18:59:56 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 13 18:59:56 1987
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Reply-To: jdg@aurora.UUCP (Jeff Gortatowsky)
Organization: Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY
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Summary: What'd ya gonna do when it says PANIC: Parity error ....

Sun make some great hardware, and a full release of UNIX to boot (pun
?), and all this for $5k.  Sounds great right?

Remember  Sun runs their hardware fast and hot (near the limit? I don't
know).  But like a LOTUS Esprit, running fast and hot means a bit less
reliable and VERY costly to repair.  I'm not saying Sun systems are
unreliable, far from it.  I'm just saying that as a personal UNIX box
the cost of repairing a 3/50 motherboard can be very expensive.
Remember EVERYTHING is on one board.  To my employer it may be pocket
change.  To me it may be 3 weeks GROSS pay!!!  And I can't take it down
to the local Radio Shack to have it repaired....... 8^)


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Jeff Gortatowsky       {seismo,allegra}!rochester!kodak!elmgate!jdg
Eastman Kodak Company  
These comments are mine alone and not Eastman Kodak's. How's that for a
simple and complete disclaimer?