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Sun to Give Niagara Servers to Reviewers

abdulzis writes "Sun Micro's Jonathan Schwartz says that Sun is giving away free servers to bloggers who do a good job reviewing their servers. From the blog article: 'if you write a blog that fairly assesses the machine's performance (positively or negatively), send us a pointer, we're likely to let you keep the machine'" Mr. Schwartz, if you're reading this, feel free to send us one with "Attn: CowboyNeal" on the label.

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  1. ahhh... dyslexia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sun to Give Nigeria Servers to Reviewers
    hello my friend! i am a humble nigerian prince with millions of dollars and have selected you to....

    1. Re:ahhh... dyslexia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      and this, folks, is why i try not to post anything funny logged in. +3 funny, +0 karma. -1 overrated, -1 karma. being funny just aint worth the risk

  2. Reminds me of Chile... by raehl · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pinochet used to have this deal for journalists too - if you wrote an article that fairly reviewed the Chilean government, he wouldn't kill you.

  3. Dell was slower, who would have thought? by MikeRT · · Score: 2, Funny

    import java.util.Date;

    public class Benchmark
    {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
    Date start, end;
    start = new Date();
    try
    {
    for (int x = 0; x 5000000; x++)
    {
    if (args[0].equals("DELL")) Thread.sleep(x * 2);
    else continue;
    }

    } catch (Exception e) {}
    end = new Date();
    System.out.println(end.getTime() - start.getTime());
    }
    }

    So where's my free hardware? (Tabs were killed by the compression filter)

  4. Won't run WoW, CBN. by SuperBanana · · Score: 3, Funny
    Mr. Schwartz, if you're reading this, feel free to send us one with "Attn: CowboyNeal" on the label.

    But you wouldn't be able to run World of Warcraft on it...

  5. The advertising campaign. by klofkorn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Free N1_agra click here!