the world is not all vaxen

[Peter da Silva]

> >In the mini market. How many *micros* running UNIX would you trust with 35
> >users doing cs-project type stuff at once?
> 
> Not many, but the real point is that you can buy a bunch of small computers
> that run faster than a VAX for the price of a VAX. What is the difference
> between 3 micros with 10 users each and one vax with 35 users? The cost and 
> perfomance (higher throughput with the 3 computers) are the main ones.

Right, but what does that have to do with my original point that not every
UNIX system in the world has sufficient power that you can throw it away
in 'ls|foo|bar|zot|baz' every time you want a directory listing without
feeling it. I think we've digressed just a mite, no?

And I can think of few micros I'd trust with 10 users each. Certainly none
in the personal-computer range. Maybe a few 20-grand-or-more supermicros like
baylor or neuro1. Certainly not 7-grand-or-less machines like datafact, cathou,
holmes, or (speaking in terms of what it would cost for an equivalent system
today) hyd-ptd.
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	Peter (Made in Australia) da Silva
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