Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!hc!beta!a!jlg From: jlg@a.UUCP (Jim Giles) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: RISC a short answer?? Message-ID: <603@a.UUCP> Date: 6 May 88 17:20:58 GMT References: <1036@nusdhub.UUCP> <21149@pyramid.pyramid.com> <307@mucmot.UUCP> <310@mucmot.UUCP> Organization: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, N.M. Lines: 13 Summary: Profit from price/performance??? In article <310@mucmot.UUCP>, ron@mucmot.UUCP (Ron Voss) writes: > Making a profit means designing for the best price/performance ratio, > which indirectly translates to number of units sold, which indirectly > translates to satisfied customers (is my order reversed?). > The marketplace will determine if Motorola has done a good job. > Caveat my affiliation. > But, wait a minute!! DEC makes a profit. Are you saying that VAXen have a good price/performance ratio? J. Giles Los Alamos