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Technology Stocks : Applix is back in action
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To: Kashish King who wrote (2078)1/7/1998 6:17:00 PM
From: Sr K  Read Replies (3) of 3014
 
The release lost credibility when it included phony percentages like "625% and 2,300% faster". If task A takes 145 seconds and a different method can do it in 20 seconds, would anyone who knows math say it was 625% faster? It's 86.2+% faster. Ditto ... task B takes 480 seconds and a different [Applix] technique/product does it in 20 seconds ... 2,300% faster? It was 95.83+% faster, and that should be enough to stand on its own.

Ditto for "a database that was more than 100 times smaller". Something can be 100 times bigger, but a maximum approaching 100% or 1 times smaller. In this case if the numbers are valid, the database was 99% smaller. Same logic applies to "more than 300 times smaller".
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