Perry E. Metzger wrote:

"Istvan Oszaraz von Keszi" says:

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Now let's see, where's my slide rule, let's see 5,000 mips years at $30,000 /mips = damn, where is that calculator. :-)

$30,000/mips? Huh? You haven't gotten out much in ten years, have you?

Sorry, we're in Canada, eh. Loooonies, eh. And you wonder why big-iron sales are bleak?? Quote of the week: IBM unveiled it's new line of mainframes before an audience of 300 customers at a Toronto hotel. Over heard at the bar: " I never realized, there were OTHERS, I thought we were the only ones !! "