Duane Percox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>We are migrating our vertical market applications from the HP e3000
>to a 'Open Systems/Posix Compliant' platform which will be
>running pa-risc/ia-64 hp-ux or ia-32/ia-64 Linux.

...

>system a (hpe3000 a400/mpe/2gbm/72gbd-scsi/dds-3)
>  cost 45k with 3yrs hw/sw support pre-paid (cspp discount)
>
>system b (dell poweredge/suse linux/p-III-1ghz/.5gbm/60gbd-ide/cd-rom)
>  cost 1.2k with 3 yrs hw/support included (no discounts)

Ah...  A fellow SuSE Linux user :-)


>What                          system a          system b
>------------------------------------------------------------
>compile openssl                2.5-3 hrs        10 mins


Hey, wait a minute!  What?  No HP-UX?  What is Dell doing here?

How long does it take to compile openssl under HP-UX?  Type of
HP-UX hardware?  Cost of HP-UX hardware?

Or have you already answered these questions and, therefore,
selected Dell (with SuSE Linux) as your optimum solution?

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