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At 09:12 AM 10/03/2001 -0500, Wills, Mike N. (TC) wrote: >Still, with the price of computer hardware these days, there isn't much of >an excuse to sell hardware at astronomical prices (a 100GB IDE ATA66 hard >drive sells for $300 USD at Best Buy, how much for that much disk space in >an AS400?). For the price of an AS400, a cluster of Linux servers could be >built that would be just as reliable, and possibly even faster in processing >power, more disk space, and just as secure. Granted, it would take up much >more space and need more cooling. You are comparing a Peterbuilt to F150 pickup and saying 'Geez, I can get a bigger engine (CPU) cheaper for the F150, tires cost less, and the F150 goes 0-60 faster when empty. Plus, you can get Ford parts cheap everywhere and mechanics are a dime a dozen'. All true. And if you can run your long-haul trucking business with F150's, you should. But imagine you call yourself a trucking professional and all you know is F150's so you suggest that Viking convert its fleet; now you know how you sound to us.
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