On 13 Jul 2007 23:11:56 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >However, you will never see an actual processor comparison. If it actually >would be favorable to IBM, it would have already released numbers to show >that. IBM happily publishes processor benchmark numbers for POWER, Opteron, >Xeon, and used to publish Itanium benchmarks as well. But *never* for >mainframe processors.
Even with PCs, the old standard measurements of processor speed are no longer the selling points that they used to be. There are too many variables that effect general performance. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
