Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!andromeda!argus!ken From: ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Mainframes vs micros Message-ID: <667@argus.UUCP> Date: Mon, 29-Dec-86 02:26:52 EST Article-I.D.: argus.667 Posted: Mon Dec 29 02:26:52 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 1-Jan-87 22:46:38 EST References: <653@imsvax.UUCP> <1397@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> <10781@lanl.ARPA> Organization: NJ Inst of Tech., Newark NJ Lines: 24 In article <10781@lanl.ARPA>, sam@lanl.ARPA (Sam A Matthews) writes: > [] > I would like to see someone try to get 1000+ users to access one database > using a PC network or manage a multi-gigabyte database, or 2 or 3. > Come on... It will not happen in our lifetimes. That's the same arguement I have here at school. People claim the vaxes are faster than the mainframe here on campus, but they fail to realize that the vaxes work with a load of 10, while the mainframe has a load of around 100. > Sam Matthews /\|/\ "We put a star > sam@lanl.ARPA --> * <-- in a box." > (ihnp4 or cmcl2)!lanl!sam \/|\/ -- Kenneth Ng: Post office: NJIT - CCCC, Newark New Jersey 07102 uucp !ihnp4!allegra!bellcore!argus!ken *** WARNING: NOT ken@bellcore.uucp *** !psuvax1!cmcl2!ciap!andromeda!argus!ken bitnet(prefered) ken@orion.bitnet Gillian: "Are you sure you won't change your mind?" Spock: "What's wrong with the one I have?"