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From: sgombosi@isis.cs.du.edu (Stephen O. Gombosi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
Subject: Re: How you define a supercomputer ?
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Date: 15 May 91 16:13:00 GMT
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In article <DWELLS.91May14220342@fits.cx.nrao.edu> dwells@fits.cx.nrao.edu (Don Wells) writes:
>A supercomputer is a machine for which the decision to buy is made for
>political reasons, not technical.

If that's true, then most of the IBM mainframes out there are "supercomputers".
To quote the industry cliche: "Nobody ever got fired for buying from IBM...".

- Steve (just another ex-Crayon...)