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Article #369Re: What are people paying for when they by a supercomputer?
From: Steve Gombosi
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 05:40
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 05:40
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In article <schumach.721938542@convex.convex.com> schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher) writes: >In <1992Nov16.171314.2178@craycos.com> sog@craycos.com (Steve Gombosi) writes: > >>>>>what are they getting in addition to computational power? >>... several hundred gallons of Fluorinert(r) ;-). > >Not necessarily. Some of us are ozone-friendly. :-> Fluorinert is a FLUOROcarbon, not a CHLOROFLUOROcarbon like Freon. It doesn't form any weird, nasty ozone-depleting free radicals. It's the chlorine that does that. We're a kinder, gentler supercomputer company ;-). Steve
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!copper!aspen.craycos.com!sog From: sog@craycos.com (Steve Gombosi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.super Subject: Re: What are people paying for when they by a supercomputer? Message-ID: <1992Nov17.054017.9167@craycos.com> Date: 17 Nov 92 05:40:17 GMT References: <1992Nov16.023102.21232@nas.nasa.gov> <1992Nov16.171314.2178@craycos.com> <schumach.721938542@convex.convex.com> Organization: Cray Computer Corporation Lines: 14