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midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   9. purpose of a computer to an organization (Stone, Joel)
>
>In one or two sentences, what is the benefit to a company of using a
>multi-user computer system?

I didn't notice anyone mentioning one basic benefit of shared resources -- less 
idle time. Take a quick look at Task Manager on a single-user Windows system to 
see how much CPU is used by the System Idle Process. Even on many server 
systems, this often shows the biggest usage is simply waiting for another 
request. By handling more users, the same expense can be allocated over more 
work.

This isn't an iSeries point, merely multi-user, multi-tasking, 
multi-processing, whatever.

Tom Liotta

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