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1 total messages Started by roe... Roeber Frederick Thu, 04 Oct 1990 23:36

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Author: roe... Roeber Frederick
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 1990 23:36

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Here at CERN, the workload is increasing, while the amount of money available
to pay for it is decreasing.  Many of us desperately need more CPU power, but
the division leaders can't buy any.  One such computer purchase request came
back with the rejection,

	"Read my MIPS: no new VAXES"

| Frederick GM Roeber | e-mail: roe...@caltech.edu or roe...@vxcern.cern.ch |
| r-mail: CERN/SL, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland | telephone: +41 22 767 5373 |
|                "Believe in me, I'm with the High Command."                |

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