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Bob, I have no problem with the interactive being restricted. I have a problem with batch being penalized when enforcing the limit on interactive. Dave Shaw -----Original Message----- From: Bob Crothers [mailto:bob@cstoneindy.com] Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 11:29 AM To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com Subject: RE: BMW M5 & Govners (was: Have you read this(jdedwardsconsult) To continue this debate & analogy, What you are forgetting is that when you purchased your BMW M5, the dealer said, the full car will cost you $100,000. But, if all you are going to do is use it for racing, then we will drop the cost to $80,000. Is it still fair to complain that you can not put a bunch of people in the car? You knew about the restriction before purchase. And that is exactly what a server model is. It is for batch work. And limited interactive. When the machine was purchased, that is what you paid for. If you do not like it, then you shouldn't have bought the server model. Bob -----Original Message----- From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Shaw, David Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 8:58 AM To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com' Subject: RE: Have you read this(jdedwardsconsult) -----Original Message----- From: OleBlighty [mailto:oleblighty@home.com] P.P.S I haven't really bought a new BMW M5. ------------ Well, that's obvious - if you had, you'd already know that the speed limiter kicks in at 155, not 160. <grin> Regarding IBM's governor, it's quite annoying that it's implemented in the way that it is. For an analogy, let's continue using that BMW speed limiter. Let's say it limits the speed to 155 - if there's one person in the car. Put two people in the car and it drops to 150 - okay, that may be reasonable, extra weight and all that. Go up to three people and it drops to 140 - well, maybe that makes sense. Four people, 130, five people, 120 - that's starting to get a little severe. Then you add that sixth person, which exceeds the rated capacity of the car - good heavens, the limiter just dropped to 30 and they cut the power steering to boot! THAT'S what really irritates those of us who have dealt with it. Dave Shaw +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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