In article <[log in to unmask]>, Duane Percox <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 4-way ia-64, 800mhz, 4gb memory, 36gb hot swappable disk, > mirrored to 36gb disk, split backplane, cd-rom, floppy, etc. > Linux/64 pre-installed or no-O/S: ~ $50,000 Yeh, but who's going to buy one? You can get a dual 1.26 GHz P4 server with better performance, more available software (even on Linux), with hotswappable power supplies, fans, and disk from Compaq for under $15,000. Fits in a 2U chassis, too, and I'll bet your quad Itanic doesn't. If you want a 64-bit platform, I'll bet I can cook up an Alpha based system that'll toast your Itanic for not a whole lot more. But what 64-bit software are you going to run on a Linux box with 4G RAM? > Yes folks, we have a major shift in market dynamics for the > mid-range server market. You might not like it, but its going > to happen regardless. Past tense. The people who are attracted by commodity prices for commodity hardware aren't going to be interested in a boat anchor running Linux. They're already using Pentium or AMD based boxes that will toast it. -- `-_-' In hoc signo hack, Peter da Silva. 'U` "A well-rounded geek should be able to geek about anything." -- [log in to unmask] Disclaimer: WWFD? * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *