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Article #21610Re: What is a Mainframe?
From: Richard Childers
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 1989 22:55
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 1989 22:55
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fotland@hpihoah.HP.COM (Dave Fotland) writes:
>A mainframe is a machine whose minimum usable configuration costs over
>$1 Million (or pick your favorite number).
Having a preference for simple and durable definitions, how about :
A mainframe is any machine that's large enough to live in.
-- richard
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