Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site hocda.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!tbm From: tbm@hocda.UUCP (T.MERRICK) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: IBM vs VAX/unix Message-ID: <378@hocda.UUCP> Date: Sun, 4-Mar-84 18:09:24 EST Article-I.D.: hocda.378 Posted: Sun Mar 4 18:09:24 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 5-Mar-84 01:04:57 EST References: <571@pucc-h> <6683@cornell.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel Lines: 13 Seems to me, Simply stated: "Computers do not scale in performance/dollar" That is you can buy a C64 for <$200, but for $2000 you cannot buy a single machine that will support 10 users. I'm not sure why this is, but you cannot pick up a full sized aircraft by one of its appendages either, but you can do so with a model. Any experts out there who can comment on this one? Tom Merrick ATT Bell Labs