I knew I would get a rise out of someone with my comment! Eric Bielefeld P&H Mining Equipment
On Fri, 3 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... >The fact the IBM, when >announcing new hardware, usually prints MIPS in their charts says that it >is still a valid number. >... >No it doesn't!!! > >When IBM benchmarked the z/990 (& 890), they dropped some workloads and added new ones. >These cannot be compared to z/900, nor 9672, because they missed a step! >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
