Newbie... One more please

["Arthur" <brown@cam-walnet.com>]

Thanks group for the great answers on the Linux vs Win98 question for
calculation speeds.

One thing puzzles me though -- the fastest platform listed for the algorithm
work unit (175 billion calculations) is an Alpha/Windows combination -7hr 20
min!
( vs Intel/Linux -18 hr;  vs Sparc/Solaris -15 hr;  and last of course, is
Pentium/Windows - 30 hr 49 min )

Any comments about the DEC Alpha  vs the UltraSparc?   And also discovered
that Solaris supports 64 bit processors, whereas Linux doesn't?

Arthur