Howard Brazee wrote: > On 30 Oct 2008 07:02:04 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chase, John) wrote: > > >> Indeed. I've been led to believe that it is physically impossible to >> drive a Windows system at a sustained rate equivalent to a mainframe >> while achieving equivalent throughput. >> > > How small (unpowerful) in hardware can a Mainframe be, and how large > (powerful) can a Windows system be? > > You know, with enough power, anything can fly. (how does that quote > go?) > >From RFC 1925;
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL ---- $100 placed at 7 percent interest compounded quarterly for 200 years will increase to more than $100,000,000 -- by which time it will be worth nothing. Robert A. Heinlein Time Enough for Love (1973) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
