> Performance depends on a lot of factors. Shelling out $$$ for Sun
> hardware doesn't garuntee good performance. They might have been better
> off buying a Tru64 system with Compaq's jdk.
Yeah, it could be. But comparing the $7,000 Intel machine I built
against a $20,000 Alpha, I'm still very happy with Intel. Yes, the Alpha
was faster on a per-processor basis. But it also cost more than twice as
much on a dollar-for-transaction basis. ; )
steve