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From: "Thompson, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: PSI MIPS (was: Links to decent 'why the mainframe thrives'
article)
>
> Actually, I have had this very argument with some previous clients. But
> they wanted to get rid of the mainframe and did not want to be confused
> with the facts. They saw GHz for clock speeds for xx machine and saw
> that the mainframe(s) they had were in MHz.
>
Frankly, I think it is a very commonly held belief amongst many who are very
knowledgable about processors. In fact, my original comment that they are
slower was based largely upon discussions to this effect on various fora
where CPU architecture is a common topic - often by those who are involved
with chip design. I would be *very* happy to be able to report to these
individuals that I have contradictory information... in the form of factual
data, rather than just dismissive comments, of course. :-).
Regards,
Dean
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