Subject: Re: advocacy
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com>
From: John Nemeth <jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 02/23/2002 15:13:08
On Jun 6,  8:13am, Rick Kelly wrote:
} 
} For heavy users who build servers we really need to have SMP on the major
} systems. Athlon MP systems are getting cheaper, and I saw a place that
} sells refurbished Sun Ultra 2 with dual 300Mhz procs for $1800 today.

     That's rediculous.  You can get one for a third of that on eBay.
Heck, you can buy a brand new SunBlade 100 for $995 (single processor
only; but, a newer generation and running at 500MHz, so probably
faster).  It's amazing what some of the used dealers try to get away
with.

}-- End of excerpt from Rick Kelly