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In article <8br967$tep$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>, billmil_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>I know that the software costs are now equal (Zero for the OS
and the same
>Oracle power-unit pricing for both Intel and Sparc), ...
What do you know that Oracle aren't telling the rest of us about? Last time I looked (yesterday), the Oracle Store was licensing on "Universal Power Units", the definition of which basically priced Sparc (RISC) at 1.5 * Intel, on a per Mhz basis. I'd love to believe what you're saying though....
Cheers
Mike S