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From: Tim Olson
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 15:14

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In article <1992Apr10.052251.6145@athena.mit.edu> jgshir@athena.mit.edu (John G  
Shirlaw) writes:
| Steve jobs and NeXT in general use the phrase "Mission Critical App" a lot as
| they see it as there main advantage
| 
| I always have problems with deciding quite what this phrase actually means...
| any one got a good example eplanation and/or examples...preferably ones that
| don't include the financial sector and or DTP.

I think of it as meaning those specialized, "quick prototyping"
applications that come up in various areas.  One example from the
microprocessor design business is specialized simulators for
testing the performance tradeoffs of various ideas. 

--
	Tim Olson
	Advanced Micro Devices
	tim@amd.com

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