Re: Single user vs. shared (was Re: Killer Micros and vectorized code)

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From: Samuel Fuller
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 1990 02:30

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Another consideration in this discussion of single user workstations
versus shared compute servers is memory.  Which is better 16 Megabytes
of memory on 100 workstations or 1.6 Gigabytes on one server allocated
as needed to 100 X users?

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From: sbf10@uts.amdahl.com (Samuel Fuller)
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Subject: Re: Single user vs. shared (was Re: Killer Micros and vectorized code)
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Date: 20 Mar 90 02:30:31 GMT
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