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To: QwikSand who wrote (44343)8/2/2001 9:31:07 AM
From: Charles Tutt  Respond to of 64865
 
The Service Bureau model is nothing new. It was used extensively in the 70's by such folks as NCSS, UCS, and Control Data. The case of Control Data might be instructive since, as I understand it, the thrust there was to get machines into the marketplace that were otherwise difficult to sell.

There's also the government's supercomputer initiative to compare with.

JMHO.

Charles Tutt (TM)