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Article #339Re: How you define a supercomputer ?
From: Stephen O. Gombosi
Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 16:13
Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 16:13
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In article <DWELLS.91May14220342@fits.cx.nrao.edu> dwells@fits.cx.nrao.edu (Don Wells) writes: >A supercomputer is a machine for which the decision to buy is made for >political reasons, not technical. If that's true, then most of the IBM mainframes out there are "supercomputers". To quote the industry cliche: "Nobody ever got fired for buying from IBM...". - Steve (just another ex-Crayon...)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!pikes!mercury.cair.du.edu!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!isis.cs.du.edu!sgombosi From: sgombosi@isis.cs.du.edu (Stephen O. Gombosi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.super Subject: Re: How you define a supercomputer ? Message-ID: <1991May15.161300.19802@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> Date: 15 May 91 16:13:00 GMT References: <1991May12.160205.9784@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> <1991May13.051215.8101@nas.nasa.gov> <377@nic.cerf.net> <1511@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> <DWELLS.91May14220342@fits.cx.nrao.edu> Sender: usenet@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (netnews admin account) Reply-To: sgombosi@isis.UUCP (Stephen O. Gombosi) Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix (sponsored by U. of Denver Math/CS dept.) Lines: 8 Disclaimer1: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University of Disclaimer2: Denver for the Denver community. The University has neither Disclaimer3: control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.