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Re: 5000/6000/10000 questions

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From: Charles Clark
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 00:00
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werner@cubbyhole.com (Werner) writes:
}: (Chris Pellegrini) writes:
}
}:>I am curious about NOT seeing questions on 5000/6000/10000 class machines
}:>in this group.  All I seem to see is questions about antiquated sun hardware.
}
}Probably because those buying the high end Suns are also buying high end Sun
}support so they don't bother with Usenet much.  Also could be that those with

Duh! Or should I say "Bingo".

}expensive equipment are also highering expensive people to run them,
}who don't waste time wading through Usenet posts from people who are
}too lazy to even read the release notes.

Uh, nope. They do different things, like call sun, or RTFM. I wouldn't
say they strike me as particularly better than people running sparc 20s
in a University ...

}Or, maybe the machines work really well and no one has any problems with them :)

What the computing industry *really* needs to make it more reliable
is virtual hardware :)

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From: Charles Clark <cmc@ralf.org>
Subject: Re: 5000/6000/10000 questions
Date: 1998/08/06
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