Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!amdcad!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcvax!cernvax!hjm From: hjm@cernvax.UUCP (hjm) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Sun 4 MIPS rating Message-ID: <801@cernvax.UUCP> Date: 19 Aug 88 08:51:24 GMT References: <941@srs.UUCP> <8255@cup.portal.com> Reply-To: hjm@cernvax.UUCP () Organization: CERN European Laboratory for Particle Physics, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland Lines: 14 In article <8255@cup.portal.com> Lynx@cup.portal.com writes: >Someone came up with a good definition of MIPS: > >Misleading Indication of Processor Speed > >And that's about all they are. Try: Meaningless Information for Pushy Salespersons Hubert Matthews