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		gaius on Aug 16, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Unix Legacy Also I am confused as to how you both seem to think a single quad-core x86 can replace 8 quad-core x86s.

nailer on Aug 17, 2008 [–]

We don't. I'm stating that there are many vendors who will sell high end x86 for cheaper than Sun will sell you Sparc.

Sun on Intel is just another one of those vendors.

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