Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!csinc!rpeglar From: rpeglar@csinc.UUCP (Rob Peglar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cdc Subject: Re: Toll the bell, break the glasses Summary: Background,please - why? Message-ID: <186@csinc.UUCP> Date: 29 Mar 90 22:20:00 GMT References: <1545@amethyst.math.arizona.edu> <3792@tahoe.unr.edu> Organization: Control Systems, Inc., St. Paul MN Lines: 19 In article <3792@tahoe.unr.edu>, lsmith@unssun.nevada.edu (LARRY SMITH) writes: > I guess we join the club, after 20+ years as a CDC site, our Cyber 855-180 > is being replaced with an IBM 3090. > Seems like Cybers are dropping like flies. But, I just wanted to ask - why, and why now? Why not 5 years ago? Why not 5 years from now? Why? What really made the decision to pull the plug? Curiously, Rob > +Where men are MEN.... reply to: lsmith@unssun.nevada.edu > +And sheep are nervous. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Great .signature, eh?