Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!oliveb!sun!pepper!cmcmanis From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Another great quote from Mr. Good Message-ID: <64023@sun.uucp> Date: 12 Aug 88 20:40:57 GMT References: <3308@druhi.ATT.COM> <1104@atari.UUCP> <364@bdt.UUCP> <399@clio.math.lsa.umich.edu> Sender: news@sun.uucp Reply-To: cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) Distribution: comp Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 23 In article <399@clio.math.lsa.umich.edu> (Howard Chu) writes: >This displays the same attitude I dislike so much in Sun. ("You can't afford >a Sun-4/260? No problem, here's a Sun-4/110, cheaper 'cause it's made with >low-spec parts, slower parts, etc. Sun - because you don't always need the >best." > /_ , ,_. Howard Chu **FLAME ON Needless to say this probably doesn't belong here in this group but I did take offense to the above comment. Howard states that the Sun 4/110 is less expensive because we (Sun) use lower grade parts in it. Frankly he is full of shit. He apparently doesn't consider the differences in such things as power supplys, 12 slot versus 3 slot VME cages, completely different CPU boards with completely different cache architectures, and slightly slower clock rate which doesn't require the fastest parts available, not that they aren't prime top of the line parts, but they don't have to wiggle their bits quite so fast and are thus easier to make. (And some believe more reliable). **FLAME OFF --Chuck McManis uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: cmcmanis ARPAnet: cmcmanis@sun.com These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you.