26 Oct
2011
26 Oct
'11
4:03 p.m.
On Wed, 26 Oct 2011, larry wrote:
Back around 1980, the criteria DoD used:
under USD 100K - micro
under USD 1M - mini
over USD 1M - mainframe
this was based on purchase price, since many systems were leased.
Just about every industry had its own criteria - usually an arbitrary
definition by either the bean counters or <mis>management.
carry - micro
handtruck - mini
forklift & union moving crew - mainframe
lose a screw in it - micro
lose a screwdrive in it -mini
lose a CE in it - mainframe
downtime pisses off somebody - micro
downtime pisses of a bunch of people - mini
downtime pisses off everybody - mainframe
mains outlet - micro
mains circuit - mini
mains account - mainframe
neighbors are amused by your collection of micros
neighbors are worried about your collection of minis
neighbors are terrifiec of your collection of mainframes
wife complains - micros
wife leaves - minis
wife has not been seen since . . . - mainframes
Since the terms were created without ANY objective criteria, they are ALL
arbitrary.