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- From: lewine@cheshirecat.webo.dg.com (Donald A. Lewine)
- Subject: IBM AS/400 is the world's slowest computer
- Sender: usenet@webo.dg.com (Usenet Administration)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.165950.15013@webo.dg.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 16:59:50 GMT
- Reply-To: lewine@cheshirecat.webo.dg.com
- Organization: Data General Corporation
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- IBM is currently running full-page Ads that claim "The AS/400
- is the world's most powerfull computer with the industry's best
- price/performance(*)"
-
- "(*) According to the TPC-C benchmark results published through
- 12/3/92"
-
- IBM does not point out the the AS/400 is the only computer with
- TPC-C results published as of 12/3/93. The AS/400 is also the
- world's slowest and most expensive computer by the same benchmark.
-
- Do people fall for this stuff? IBM claims that the AS/400 is the
- best selling mid-range system in the world, so someone must fall
- for it.
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