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To: Mani1 who wrote (102738)	4/6/2000 10:14:00 PM
From: chic_hearne	of 1576612

Re: I don't think this person argument is any different than when people were saying 40 MHz 486 DX2 is fast enough and paying for a Pentuim is a waist of money. Mani, Haven't they been saying this for about 5-6 years now? Recently, I stopped by a development lab with 12 AS/400's running parallel, 32-way each I think. Each box was the size of a refrigerator. The thing was 36 ft. long, 5 ft. high, 3 ft. deep. I asked, "who could possibly use a system this big?" She said, "if we build, they will find a use." It's hard for some people to realize. Look at voice recognition programs alone. There's a whole industry where doctors dictate and pass on the tapes to have people type out the results for them. Look at this IBM project: research.ibm.com This computer will run a petaflop, 15 full years ahead of Moore's law. Still, it will take 1 year running 24/7 to complete the project. Sidenote: SMASH technology will be detrimental to SUNW, and all those other companies. Stability is where it's at. AIX is years ahead of the competition. chic

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