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Article #2780Re: CISC vs. RISC, VMS vs. UNIX (Kinda Long)
From: Marcus J. "Buddy can you spare a...
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 20:34
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 20:34
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David E. Cowley writes: >VAXes got a bad name in the last several years because they didn't keep >getting faster at the same pace as the RISC boxes. That's DEC's fault. >VMS, I think, got a bad name because it's associated with VAXes. I never thought I'd hear myself sticking up for VAXes, but this is just wrong. Right now, VAXes are running at some of the highest clock rates ever achieved for CISC machines. The VAX4000 is faster than a lot of RISC machines out there. Some of them are miracles of engineering. Where I think DEC loses is that miracles of engineering don't come cheap. mjr.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!ames!haven.umd.edu!decuac!hussar.dco.dec.com!mjr From: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. "Buddy can you spare a clue?" Ranum) Subject: Re: CISC vs. RISC, VMS vs. UNIX (Kinda Long) Message-ID: <1992Oct16.203443.3972@decuac.dec.com> Sender: news@decuac.dec.com (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: hussar.dco.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Washington ULTRIX Resource Center References: <61209@mimsy.umd.edu> <1992Oct16.194224.29028@oracle.pnl.gov> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 20:34:43 GMT Lines: 13