chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) (06/29/88)
>In article <12179@mimsy.UUCP> I wrote (more or less) that Vaxen simply do not win on a price/performance basis: >>... [the best such] machine is probably `RISC-based'. In article <453@m3.mfci.UUCP> colwell@mfci.uunet writes: >But DEC IS in fine shape. Not with us (but then we never liked IBM either :-) ). >... people don't always automatically buy the >machine with the highest performance (nor should they). True enough, but price/performance is usually a factor; it is only its importance that varies. And indeed, we do care about I/O performance and service and other things here; still, DEC has not done terribly well there either, in many cases. (The TU8x is basically ridiculous as a backup system, and you cannot attach your old TU78s to a BI machine.) >Also, please cast a jaundiced eye on the phrase "RISC-based". I >think it has almost attained the status of "content-free". That was why I put it in quotes. `RISC-based' merely means `not like a Vax'.... -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris