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- From: martelli@cadlab.sublink.org (Alex Martelli)
- Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks,comp.arch
- Subject: Re: DEC ALPHA Performance Claims
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.094508.11551@cadlab.sublink.org>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 09:45:08 GMT
- References: <BxM81s.LxL@apollo.hp.com> <1992Nov18.012919.2493@cs.uow.edu.au> <WAYNE.92Nov18185710@backbone.uucp> <1992Nov25.104313.12274@cadlab.sublink.org> <wilson.723435964@moonshine>
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- wilson@moonshine.llnl.gov (Mike Wilson ) writes:
- :martelli@cadlab.sublink.org (Alex Martelli) writes:
- :>wayne@backbone.uucp (Wayne Schlitt) writes:
- :> ...
- :>:This I see has the fatal problem with just providing the cheapest unix
- :>:boxes around. You end up having to compete against PC's and that's
- :
- :>The cheapest unix box around tend to BE PC's. I just bought a no-name
- ...
- :>What significant plus can one envisage, if not speed?
- :
- :uh, how about an integrated system that has fewer overall bugs & much
- :better product support? A system that you don't spend dozens (if not
- :hundreds) of man hours doing hardware debugging trying to get your latest
- :card to work with? For "real" work, I'd stick with a stable system.
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- Compaq hw + SCO sw, or Dell hw+sw, &tc, can offer you integration and
- support, but, yes, the prices do tend to edge up a bit higher (not so
- much for the hw, high-end PCmakers are having to shave down their
- prices a lot too, but for the "branded" Unix sw). So, ok, plug-and-play
- CAN be an arena for WS manufacturers to compete in against PC's in
- ways not purely speed-related...
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