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OT: NYTimes article: HP cuts UNIX server prices
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Thu, 3 Apr 2003 11:52:54 -0500
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HP chops Unix server prices


April 3, 2003
Stephen Shankland, Staff Writer, CNET News.com

Hewlett-Packard has cut prices for its midrange Unix servers
by about 20 percent, in an attempt to thwart renewed
competition from rivals Sun Microsystems and IBM.

The price cuts, which HP intends to announce Thursday,
apply to the eight-processor rp4705 and rp7410 systems, and
to the 16-processor rp8400, said Dimitris Dovas, an HP
manager for midrange servers.

At the same time, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company has
expanded its capacity-on-demand system, which should
improve how computers respond to abruptly increasing
workloads and make it possible for buyers to better
customize their systems.

Full article at:

http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1010-995243.html?ex=1050388229&ei=1&en=1ae8c8ac564ce2bb



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Tom Brandt
Northtech Systems, Inc.
130 S. 1st Street, Suite 220
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1343
http://www.northtech.com/

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