Re: What About Price vs. Performance

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <dr2@cssas400.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: What About Price vs. Performance


>
>
> Phil,
>
> do you have ANY idea what the tiered price is for a 1024 chickens plowing
> mechanism?
>
>
>
> On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Phil Groschwitz wrote:
>
> > Well, I'd pay to see the 1024 chickens plowing a
> > field.  <vbg>
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> > --- booth@martinvt.com wrote:
> > > in the never ending debate of the wonders of PC
> > > computing:
> > >
> > > "If you were plowing a field, which would you rather
> > > use? Two strong oxen
> > > or 1024 chickens?"
> > > - Seymour Cray (1925-1996), father of supercomputing
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________
> > > Booth Martin
> > > Booth@MartinVT.com
> > > http://www.MartinVT.com
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