Bruce Esquibel wrote:

> : Umm.. why?
>
> : Given the power an E10K will chew up, you'll find that something like a
> : V440 will work out cheaper within at most a few months - and give roughly
> : the same performance as the E10K.
>
>
> I do sympathize with him though.
>
> Within the last month one similar to what he bought was on ebay, I think for
> 2 grand. After I stopped drooling and reality set in thinking about the
> power consumption and shipping costs on a one-ton peice of iron, I quickly
> got my finger off the "buy it now" button.
>
> I didn't know about the domain keys and the special workstation needed to
> make those things run. Like him (probably) I thought they were like any
> other peice of Sun hardware, turn it on and go (more or less).
>
> If anything, one attraction to them is the simple fact that just 4 to 5
> years ago you couldn't touch one used for under half a million USD. That and
> the notion it probably would be more computer than 99.9% of the worlds
> businesses would need, I still wouldn't call the cops for littering if
> someone dropped one off outside my front door.
>
> Sort of feel sorry for the guy, sounds like he made one too many plans
> before looking under the hood.
>
> -bruce
> bje@ripco.com

That reminds me of Cray machines a few years back -- they went from
being the world's fastest machines to scrap in a remarkably short
time.

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