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- From: jones@pyrite.cs.uiowa.edu (Douglas W. Jones,201H MLH,3193350740,3193382879)
- Subject: Re: IBM AS/400 is the world's slowest computer
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec20.235519.16823@news.uiowa.edu>
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 23:55:19 GMT
- References: <1992Dec18.165950.15013@webo.dg.com>
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- From article <1992Dec18.165950.15013@webo.dg.com>,
- by lewine@cheshirecat.webo.dg.com (Donald A. Lewine):
- >
- > 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.
-
- 1) As IBM has known since the 1950's, it isn't technology that sells, it's
- salesmanship.
-
- 2) The AS400 runs RPGII. I don't care about RPG, you probably don't care
- about RPG, but there are some big important applications that use it.
-
- 3) The AS400 is a capability based tagged architecture. It offers security
- like nothing else on the market. That's not to say that it's perfect,
- but while all us RISCy folks have been off worrying about MIPS, IBM has
- noticed that tools providing incredibly tight control over access to
- information are crucial in many markets. Try writing an AS400 virus!
-
- Doug Jones
- jones@cs.uiowa.edu
-