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From: brtmac@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu (Brett McCoy)
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Subject: Re: Next, 40, Sparc, 2
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Date: 20 Nov 90 03:37:53 GMT
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In <1990Nov19.173120.1@lucy.claremont.edu> jack@lucy.claremont.edu writes:

>The quotes
>that follow are from UNIX Today!, November 12, 1990, page 88:

[ obvious quotes deleted ]

>At 40 MHz the SPARC Chip appears to close to the edge of its
>performance.  How much faster can you push the clock speed?  60 MHz?
>80 MHz?  Another problem is when you begin to up the clock speeds you
>naturally raise the cost of the other components and wind up with a
>more expensive system.  Sun may be making a mistake by sticking to
>the SPARC architecture.  And while it is nice to be binary
>compatiable, it can be the kiss of death (look at VAX/VMS which
>recently embarked on a program for a new architecture).  I think that
>it would mistake for NeXT to stay with the 68XXX architecture (88XXX
>might be a good choice) for very much longer.  And NeXT has not, to
>my knowledge, made any public commitment to staying with the 68XXX
>unlike SUN.

>For some users, there is a real need for speed.  And I don't belive
>that 2 (or even 3) machines at 15 MIPS is equal to a machine running
>at 30 MIPS.  And for some applications (weather simulations are just
>one) you need all the speed you can get.  However, right now, I think
>that 15 MIPS is adequate for the average user (This could change with
>Open Systems).  But if I were looking for a box at about 25 Mips I
>would not get a SPARCStation 2.  There are a number of other Boxes
>(Magnum 3000, DECStation 5000, RISC/6000) that look at lot more
>attractive in that price range.

I don't see any quotes around the preceeding paragraphs, but they are
almost word for word from the article in UNIX Today!.  Just to let it
be known, the quotes aren't the only thing taken from UNIX Today!, these
two paragraphs appear to be also.
--
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Brett McCoy			Computing and Telecommunications Activities
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