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Library Systems Newsletter [August 2000]

Superior price/performance and product quality are not the only reasons why most vendors in the library automation industry are bidding Sun servers. A survey of 356 value-added retailers by CRN a trade publication, determined that Sun and Hewlett-Packard were virtually tied for price/performance and product quality, and substantially better than IBM for price/performance but Sun was ranked substantially higher for profitability and profit margins: 5.3 on a scale of 7 versus 4.8 each for Hewlett-Packard and IBM. The profit margins on Sun platforms is particularly good on the larger servers, models numbered 3000 through 6500.

When negotiating a contract for a system, keep in mind the vendor has a little more margin on a system configured on a Sun platform than on one with HP or IBM and, therefore, may be able to offer a better deal on that platform.

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Publication Year:2000
Type of Material:Article
Language English
Published in: Library Systems Newsletter
Publication Info:Volume 20 Number 08
Issue:August 2000
Page(s):65
Publisher:American Library Association
Place of Publication:Chicago, IL
Notes:Howard S. White, Editor-in-Chief; Richard W. Boss, Contributing Editor
Company: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
ISSN:0277-0288
Record Number:8109
Last Update:2025-02-06 17:16:58
Date Created:0000-00-00 00:00:00
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