-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 1:55 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PSI MIPS (was: Links to decent 'why the mainframe thrives' article)
<SNIP> I wasn't aware that people think mainframe processors are slow compared to others. Is this from a survey of some kind? Or perhaps from that IT Jungle article you referenced? Can you post the URL? <SNIP> Actually, I have had this very argument with some previous clients. But they wanted to get rid of the mainframe and did not want to be confused with the facts. They saw GHz for clock speeds for xx machine and saw that the mainframe(s) they had were in MHz. They weren't interested in architectural differences (buss width vs. buss width), number of simultaneous operations (compute or I/O). They (PHBs) could only focus on processor speeds. And somebody save me from all these people with the title of Architect. Most of them have NO IDEA about architecture. Regards, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
