Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!andromeda!argus!ken From: ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: FYI: VM systems on the net Message-ID: <395@argus.UUCP> Date: Sat, 26-Jul-86 00:29:50 EDT Article-I.D.: argus.395 Posted: Sat Jul 26 00:29:50 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Jul-86 13:28:42 EDT References: <6340MW9@PS> <-121460412@sysvis> <1426@rsch.wisc.edu> Organization: NJ Inst of Tech., Newark NJ Lines: 39 In article <1426@rsch.wisc.edu>, herbie@polaris.UUCP (Herb Chong) writes: > In article <-121460412@sysvis> george@sysvis.UUCP writes: ^^^^^^^^^^ gee, is that a vaid item? [ deleted material on VM vs. Un*x arguements ] Is something on your mailer broke? I read this about 4 times. > > you are comparing apples and oranges. how many MIPS per user are > available during each time-slice? how many effective MIPS are > available? i can format a 2,000 line document in 5 seconds. do that > on your micro. they just can't be compared on the same terms. > > Herb Chong, IBM Research... > > I'm still user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble.... > > VNET,BITNET,NETNORTH,EARN: HERBIE AT YKTVMH > UUCP: {allegra|cbosgd|cmcl2|decvax|ihnp4|seismo}!philabs!polaris!herbie > CSNET: herbie%ibm.com@csnet-relay > ARPA: herbie@ibm.com, herbie%yktvmh.bitnet@wiscvm.wisc.edu > ======================================================================== > DISCLAIMER: what you just read was produced by pouring lukewarm > tea for 42 seconds onto 9 people chained to 6 Ouiji boards. -- Kenneth Ng: Post office: NJIT - CCCC, Newark New Jersey 07102 uucp(for a while) ihnp4!allegra!bellcore!argus!ken soon uucp:ken@argus.cccc.njit.edu bitnet(prefered) ken@njitcccc.bitnet or ken@orion.bitnet soon bitnet: ken@orion.cccc.njit.edu (We are VERY slowly moving to RFC 920, kicking and screaming) Spock: "Captain, you are an excellent Starship Captain, but as a taxi driver, you need much to be desired." Savaak: "He's so....human" Spock: "No one is perfect"