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? _______________ | | | | | r | Alfredo [log in to unmask] | e | http://www.adager.com | g | F. Alfredo Rego | a | Manager, R & D Labs | d | Adager Corporation | A | Sun Valley, Idaho 83353-3000 U.S.A. | | |_______________| * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *