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[David Rasch <rasch AT raschnet.com>]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 11:37:30AM -0500, zman <zman AT shell.neverwhere.org> 
wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, Tom Caswell wrote:
> >If the second rate software on Windows is causing the problem, it's not
> >Windows causing the problem.  Second rate software will cause problems 
> >on any system.  My point is you can prevent Windows from becoming the weak
> >link.
> 
> Some of the problems we have come directly from Microsoft, and since this 
> is the platform we have to use for some of the propriety hardware/software 
> I can and will blame windows. And yes Exchange is second rate. So is IIS 
> and Share Point Services...
> 
> >Now Apple has nowhere to go - overpriced server and no desktop support.
> 
> Ha ha ha.. now you're funny.. Xserve $3k ... similarly equipped Dell 1850 
> almost $5k... I guess you don't get to spec equipment very often... Oh and 
> that's with the small 2003 license (5 clients) the 25 license version 
> would add another $2400...Maybe you should quit drinking the kool aid..
> 
I'm not exactly sure what you priced out in the Dell 1850, but the
Xserve that costs $3k includes an 80gig SATA drive while the only thing
you can get with the 1850 is a 10k RPM SCSI drive.  These are hardly
comparable.  

-David

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