>>> On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at  2:16 AM, in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]
.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
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> 585 MIPS on a z/9 EC.

What about on a z9 BC?

> Now, you know!
> But, what does it mean?

> If you had a workload to compare, it might tell you something.
> Otherwise, the 'M' still stands for 'Meaningless'.

I think just about every experienced mainframe technician in the world knows 
this.  Harassing them because they have to deal with non-technicians that 
_don't_ understand it doesn't make this a very friendly place to come for help. 
 (Not picking on you specifically, a number of people jumped on that 
bandwagon.)  It's also difficult to compare workloads on two different 
generations of hardware, when you only have one of those generations at hand.  
Not everyone has the time, budget, management patience, or whatever to do what 
is needed to get around that.


Mark Post

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