&#62; Companies that are getting eaten from below have very few options.<p>Companies die if there isn't an entry point that makes sense for customers.<p>It doesn't have to be at the same price point as the folks eating them from below, but it does have to be some place where customers are willing to enter.<p>The mid/high-range sun systems are about as expensive as comparable PC based systems.  However, the PC systems have a low cost option for development.  Suns, not so much.<p>It doesn't have to cost $500, but it can't cost $10k either.