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From: dwells@fits.cx.nrao.edu (Don Wells)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
Subject: Re: How you define a supercomputer ?
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Date: 15 May 91 03:03:42 GMT
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A supercomputer is a machine for which the decision to buy is made for
political reasons, not technical.
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