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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Was the 360 badly-designed?  (was Re: Compatibility with EBCDIC)
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Date: Thu, 27-Aug-87 12:20:16 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 27 12:20:16 1987
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>      What I would like to take issue with is the longevity of the 360/370
> architecture.  Is it really the adaptability and flexibility of the
> architecture or is it the fact that the huge customer base is tied into
> that IBM environment? ...

In other words, the 360's longevity is not the result of the adaptability
and flexibility of the architecture, but of the *un*adaptability and
*in*flexibility of most of the 360 software.
-- 
"There's a lot more to do in space   |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
than sending people to Mars." --Bova | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry