From: "Joe Barr" 


I'm not up on hardware prices.  How does that pricetag rate?



On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 16:39:01 +0000, Mike '/m' wrote:

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> This may get interesting...
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> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6575
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>   /m
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> On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 17:26:29 -0000, "Adam Flinton"

> wrote:
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>>Unix style workstations are next....
>>
>>Heck even Sun are going to be selling them . I think HP are going to
>>be rolling out Itanium Linux workstations as well. "Techies who use
>>GUI'es but need horsepower" are the initial target audience (e.g.
>>animation, simulation etc).
>>
>>Adam
>>
>>"Raymond Chuang"  wrote in message
>>news:3def673a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
>>> news:3def58f1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> > Boy those salesmen in Blue are getting buzy.......I'll
bet that comps
>>like
>>> > HP are taking note.
>>> >
>>> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2543173.stm
>>>
>>> Mind you, HP made a HUGE sale to Dreamworks SKG's Pacific Data Images
>>> subsidiary for workstation computers and servers running Linux to be
>>> used
>>in
>>> computer animation productions recently. I've seen those machines and
>>> they're very nice setups. :-)
>>>
>>> Linux has found it niche--as a server operating system. Mind you, it
>>> does help that IBM has poured in US$2 billion for the development
>>> effort.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Raymond Chuang
>>> Mountain View, CA USA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>

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