Re: Why Mainframes?

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From: k... Kevin Handy
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 00:00

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In article <33BBA049...@sanlam.co.za>, Louwtji...@sanlam.co.za 
says...
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>steve wolfe wrote:
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>> Douglas W. Jones,201H MLH,3193350740,3193382879 wrote:
>> I agree, but I think another major advantage of mainframes is
>> concurrency. We have 35,000 users with sub second response time (plus
>> the 3 second satellite transmission time that we can not control). PC
>> servers can't handle that concurrency.
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>[snip]
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>PC Servers... ? How can you compare a $20000 doller machine with a $XXXX
>million dollar machine ?
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Easily. The $XXXX million dollar machine gets the job done with
the needed response time. The $20000 doller PC can't.

Use the right machine for the job. You won't see mainframes used
at home to play Doom, or PC's in the office serving 35,000 users.
The machines are targeted for different purposes.

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Subject: Re: Why Mainframes?
Date: 1997/07/03
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