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Article #21381Re: E2000
From: John Mashey
Date: Wed, 31 May 1989 20:50
Date: Wed, 31 May 1989 20:50
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In article <126@ssp1.idca.tds.philips.nl> roelof@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (R. Vuurboom) writes:
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>I'm talking intuitively but I'ld say that these effects at least double
>the effect of the longer lead time. In other words, an incompatible processor
>would have to offer at least 40-50% more performance for the same price before
>you even to start to think about a change over (in an environment like ours).
Our general rule-of-thumb is that:
10% is uninteresting
50% is interesting to lots of people, although not others
100% is interesting enough to make people take serious risks
1000% is uninteresting to some people (really!), i.e.
compatibility is everything.
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-john mashey DISCLAIMER: <generic disclaimer, I speak for me only, etc>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!versatc!mips!mash From: mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: E2000 Keywords: compatible, high-performance,E2000 Message-ID: <20804@winchester.mips.COM> Date: 31 May 89 20:50:05 GMT References: <125@ssp1.idca.tds.philips.nl> <20752@winchester.mips.COM> <126@ssp1.idca.tds.philips.nl> Reply-To: mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) Distribution: comp.arch Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 18