From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Jacob Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 02:21:14 +0000 Subject: Re: Ultra AXmp Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ultralinux@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 11 Jul 1998, David S. Miller wrote: > Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 14:36:06 -0400 > From: Bob Drzyzgula > > Based on early pricing estimates I've seen, it should be possible > to build a quad-processor @ 300+MHz, 2GB rackmount system for under > around $US 20K. > > I wonder what the equivalent quad-PPRO system would cost (even with > 400MHZ chips...)... I love the Ultra as everyone knows, but I have to > say, price talks bullshit walks... and Sun has a lot of trouble > learning this especially on the high end. > Yes, but at the high end costs of CPUs are irrelevant since it usually becomes storage and network infrastructure costs that predominate.