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  2. From: wbdst+@pitt.edu (William B Dwinnell)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
  4. Subject: Re: FALCON is DEAD!
  5. Message-ID: <2617@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
  6. Date: 27 Jan 93 13:50:42 GMT
  7. References: <C16F72.HK7@ecf.toronto.edu> <9301229781@ritz.mordor.com> <C1IE6F.31C@sunlab1.bath.ac.uk>
  8. Sender: news+@pitt.edu
  9. Organization: University of Pittsburgh
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  13. You've got your market segments mixed up. Cray sells supercomputers. IBM
  14. sells mainframes (and minis, workstations, and micros). The
  15. mainframe market is sliding, in a  part because of those very businesses
  16. you described who are so costly to keep the mainframe running.
  17. Why do you think IBM has been pushing the RS/6000 lately?
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