[geeks] Misuse of Java

[Dave McGuire]

On Wednesday, November 6, 2002, at 11:10 AM, Chris Hedemark wrote:
>>   Lots of companies maintain a "low end" product line.  Gearing up a 
>> chip fab is *expensive*, and it pays to use as many chips of a given 
>> type as you can.  Put simply (and this isn't meant to sound as snotty 
>> as it's going to come out), if their UltraSPARC-II-based machines are 
>> too slow for you, don't buy one.
>
> I am just saying for their price points, they really ought to be using 
> newer hardware.  I won't even compare to PeeCee's this time.  Compare 
> to Power Macs.  What does $2,000 get you in a new Apple?  vs. Sun?

   Do you have some crazy idea that they're selling into the same 
markets or something?

> Gotta disagree on the E450.  I used to have a few in my farm and boy 
> were they a disappointment.  Their primary job was running EDA tools 
> (mostly Synopsys).

   Bad software notwithstanding.  But then I think you'd disagree with 
anyone no matter what was said. ;)

       -Dave

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