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- From: kitchel@moray.dpsi.com (Sidney W. Kitchel)
- Subject: Re: What's in a name?
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- Date: 23 Jul 92 13:52:34 GMT
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- mkahn@hopi.sedona.intel.com (Mitch Kahn) writes:
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- >Intel boxes will still be the cheapest MIPs on the planet.
-
- WRONGO!!!! As of now, the cheapest MIPS on the planet come
- from MasPar Computer Corp. The MasPar MP-1 offers them at $50 / MIPS.
- You should ask Intel when you are going to get a 200 MIPS box for
- $10,000.
- I do agree with your points about backward compatability. Too
- many folks have too much invested in existing code.
-
- --Sid
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