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- From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: Productivity != SPECmarks, crap-compatibility - what for? (Was: Re: What's in a name?)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.185429.24491@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 18:54:29 GMT
- References: <1992Jul20.050025.13456@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> <1992Jul22.163506.306@darkcube.radig.de>
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- Reply-To: davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
- Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center, Schenectady NY
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- In article <1992Jul22.163506.306@darkcube.radig.de>, vhs@darkcube.radig.de (Volker Herminghaus-Shirai) writes:
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- | People also trust (or fear) big vendors. Big vendors tell people to buy
- | compatible hard/software so these vondors can keep their market share.
- | Because people are too lazy to think for themselves, they believe and buy.
- | That's what I said. That's what I meant.
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- People buy machines to run software, and in business cases that's
- about the only reason. If the software runs on a MIPS you buys MIPS, if
- you need a Mac you buy it. If you can get the same package for MS-DOS
- for $500 and HP700 for $5000 you buy MS-DOS. The cost of the hardware is
- swamped by the cost of the software. And changing architectures vs.
- faster versions of what you have adds the cost of new software and
- training to the initial cost of the machine.
- --
- bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
- It never ceases to amaze me that otherwise rational people, able to
- understand calculus, compound interest, and the income tax form, can
- continue to believe that poker is a game of chance.
-