Re: Wall St. Journal, Sept 3, Page 1...

[Tech Guru <techguru@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe they are like the eyes on a dead stick figure...  ;-)



On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> At least Cs.
>
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Ingvaldson, Scott <
> scott.ingvaldson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Thousands?
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Ryan [mailto:michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 9:10 AM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Re: Wall St. Journal, Sept 3, Page 1...
> >
> > Literally Ms of people do.
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:04 AM, John Jones <chianime@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > XX Million for Sun v. 6 Million for IBM.
> > >
> > > Who counts in Roman Numerals nowadays?
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Ingvaldson, Scott <
> > > scott.ingvaldson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Huh.
> > > >
> > > > Who'd have guessed that a brand new SPARC would be faster than a 10
> > > > month old Power System?  At least until December probably...
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Scott Ingvaldson
> > > > Senior IBM Support Specialist
> > > > Midwest Region Data Center
> > > > Fiserv.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Mark S. Waterbury [mailto:mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 9:42 PM
> > > > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > > > Subject: Re: Wall St. Journal, Sept 3, Page 1...
> > > >
> > > > Hi, Don:
> > > >
> > > > Do you mean this ad?
> > > >
> > > >    http://www.oracle.com/ad/images/SUN_SparcvsIBM_2288sec.pdf
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Mark S. Waterbury
> > > >
> > > >  > Don wrote:
> > > > > Uh, anyone happen to read the ad in the bottom right of the front
> > > > > page
> > > >
> > > > > of WSJ on 9/3???
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Looks like the fun is starting.just as expected.   Just keep in
> > mind
> > > > that an
> > > > > estimated 95% of all pSeries boxes run Oracle and Oracle
> > > > > applications and that Oracle is IBM's biggest pSeries business
> > > > > partner. :-)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I think I'm going to enjoy this one. :-)   IBM may decide there's
> > > > reason to
> > > > > remember they have a box called AS/400 :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > DR2
> > > >
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