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Article #22751Re: IBM RISC System/6000 AS/400 (actually a diversion on the topic)
From: Gerry Gleason
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 1990 16:53
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 1990 16:53
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In article <0093307E.0B7FBDC0@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU> sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney) writes: >Should you look at DEC equipment (gasp), you find that a VAXstation 3100 >and a DECstation 3100 cost about the same, but the DECstation gives you >anywhere from 2-3 times performance in any given situtation. Why should you >stick with VAX VMS, even tho' you get more bang for the buck out of a >DEC station? It doesn't make much sense to me, except as you said earlier: > Installed Software Base But obviously it meets someone's needs, or they wouldn't be selling any (I assume they are, or they won't be sold for long). Of course, nobody in their right mind would pick the VAXstation over the DECstation when the majority of the project is new development, but who ever claimed that most customers are in their right mind ;-). Gerry Gleason
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zds-ux!gerry From: gerry@zds-ux.UUCP (Gerry Gleason) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: IBM RISC System/6000 AS/400 (actually a diversion on the topic) Message-ID: <205@zds-ux.UUCP> Date: 2 Mar 90 16:53:22 GMT References: <20714@cfctech.cfc.com> <1990Feb28.042949.21952@edm.uucp> <0093307E.0B7FBDC0@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU> Reply-To: gerry@zds-ux.UUCP (Gerry Gleason) Organization: Zenith Data Systems Lines: 18