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Subject: Re: HP vs. Solaris
From: "Gaurav Sabharwal" <gauravs @ hss . hns . com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 08:33:21 +0530
To: "Ken Williams" <jkwilli2 @ unity . ncsu . edu>, "Wes Kaufmann" <wes @ osds . com>
Cc: <firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM>

Given a choice between the two, I would go for Sun and would blindly say no
to HP. The support of Sun is much better out here and I have had no big
problems with Sun machines.

Regards,

Gaurav Sabharwal
gauravs @
 hss .
 hns .
 com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wes Kaufmann <wes @
 osds .
 com>
To: Ken Williams <jkwilli2 @
 unity .
 ncsu .
 edu>
Cc: firewalls @
 GreatCircle .
 COM <firewalls @
 GreatCircle .
 COM>
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: HP vs. Solaris


>My opinion and experience.  HP support is great.  They've came out with
>special patches for my machines when I asked.  They bend over backwards to
>support you.  Their hardware is the best business machine hands down, stays
>running when Suns want a reboot. Their new direction towards merced with
>Intel shows that they are staying very competitive.  Never had a problem
>getting anything I tried running on a HP.
>
>
>At 01:04 PM 2/24/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Emmanuel Gadaix wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Someone was asking about comparing HP and Solaris architecture.
>>>You can have a look at
>>>http://www2.hp.com/cgi-bin/dmo/fe.pl/gsy/hp-ux/stalks.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>They asked for a comparison, not advertising drivel, didn't they?
>>
>>My experience:  Go with Sun.  Simply better design, better support, simply
>>better.
>>
>>Ken
>>
>>http://152.7.11.38/~tattooman/
>>
>>
>>
>Wes Kaufmann
>mailto:wes @
 osds .
 com
>
>http://www.osds.com
>



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