Solbourne Computer Corp cut the price on its S4000 server last month so that it gets to say it costs $3,000 or $117 a MIPS, the lowest priced Sparc system on the market at the moment, at least one offering 25.5 MIPS and 13.3 Specmarks performance; the $3,000 price is for a 8Mb diskless configuration, a 50% reduction; an 8Mb S4000 with 200Mb disk and 19 monochrome screen is down 47% to $5,000 and the S4000DX has been by reduced between 23% and 36%; Solbourne in the US seems to be taking its cues from its European operation which has already slashed its prices here.
