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* Species 8472:
> At least Sun hardware lasts waaaaaay
> longer in terms of useful service life than PC hardware,

Really? So what can you do with say a Sun Blade 1000 better than with a 
Dual XEON workstation of the same aera and probably much better 
performance? Or a Blade 150 compared to a standard PC of the same aera?

Of course there are still lots of old Sun machines in the wild doing 
their job for several years (running the same old software), but that is 
valid for basically every other platform as well.

> and not
> withstanding a few notable exceptions, most Sun systems are built far more
> robustly than just about any normal PC or x86-based server.

You haven't seen much PC hardware, right? I mean besides the 08/15 
standard crap that's sold in a PC store near you.

I can assure you that there are _lots_ of PCs and x86 servers that are 
made of the same or even better hardware quality than Sun gear, running 
rock solid for years. For example, the company I worked for until not 
too long ago had an old IBM PS/2 Server 95XP running WindowsNT 3.51 
Server without downtime or reboot after application of the last service 
pack (which was around 1998?). IBM made very reliable PCs, not only the 
PS/2 series but also their Netfinity servers and IntelliStation PC 
workstations. HP had their Vectra series PCs, the Kayak PC workstations 
and their Netfinity PC servers, all of which were highly reliable. 
Compaqs ProLiant servers are also well known for their endurance, which 
is why HP continued the ProLiant series after taking over Compaq. All of 
these x86 servers and PCs were rocksolid, and most of them are probably 
still working today (at least the ones that haven't been recycled).

Benjamin