In
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
on 04/04/2007
at 01:46 PM, Marcia Harelik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>May I posit this theory? In the market today are 3 kinds of
>computers: Intel-based, Unix-based, and the MF.
There's no such thing as a Unix-based computer. Unix runs on multiple
types of computers, including Intel and mainframes. Similarly, *bsd
and Linux run on multiple types of machines.
>Getting back to Steve's point that IBM MF is running from low-end
>customers, I don't think that is the case
Then identify a viable option for low-end customers.
>but IBM does understand that the MF is not for every company, and
>usually the smaller the company, the less true need there is for
>the MF.
That's not at all obvious; what is obvious is that IBM has created
artificial barriers that drive away potential small customers.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
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