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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Speed is the one true performance metric
Message-ID: <1913@mmintl.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Nov-86 14:24:28 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 11 14:24:28 1986
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Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT
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In article <107@pembina.alberta.UUCP> cdshaw@pembina.UUCP (Chris Shaw) writes:
>I suppose one could trade off reliability for speed, but most manufacturers
>realize that unreliable machines are extremely costly in service and annoyance
>time, and therefore manufacturers try to maximize the reliability.
>Unreliable machines are hard to sell.

A friend of mine who has used them tells me that when Crays go down, they
tend to be down for periods measured in weeks, not hours or days.  Now tell
me again that manufacturers don't trade off reliability and speed.

Frank Adams                           ihnp4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
Multimate International    52 Oakland Ave North    E. Hartford, CT 06108