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VAR Business: Is There Nothing Stopping Sun

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 10, 1999

“I’ve been looking at Sun closely, but I still can’t figure out
how McNealy consistently kicks butt…”

“How can it continue to grow in a market that’s shrinking? Sure,
it can take Unix share away from HP and SGI, but how long can it
keep growing using that tactic?

“I’m skeptical that it can continue to grow when it adamantly
refuses to support NT, which is growing like gangbusters. Nearly 76
percent of VARs sell NT Server and 73 percent sell NT Workstation
vs. roughly 38 percent who sell some flavor of Unix, according to
VARBusiness research.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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