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True, Nathan. I have no idea how many (if any) 400's are used for simulations, especially on the scale of the two I mentioned. It just popped into my head because Reeve said "larger box", not "larger AS400". As I said, I was just nitpicking. Regards, Peter Dow Dow Software Services, Inc. 909 425-0194 voice 909 425-0196 fax ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan M. Andelin" <nandelin@relational-data.com> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 7:37 AM Subject: Re: Tiered pricing - a vendor's perspective > From: "Peter Dow" <pcdow@yahoo.com> > > The first thought that jumped to mind was that yes, a larger > > box _could_ support more users, or it could just be used by > > a single user who wants a special job (like weather simulation, > > war game simulation, etc) to finish sometime today. > > To be realistic, Peter, how many 400s are used for simulation? Also, your > argument implies that something like simulation would run faster on a 400 > than an Intel box, which isn't true. It seems to me that 400s are used for > multi-user business applications because that's what it's architecture is > designed for, and where it's value lies. > > Nathan M. Andelin > www.relational-data.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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