29 Jul
2008
29 Jul
'08
7:42 a.m.
Philip Belben wrote:
(Sobering thought. At IBM I worked in the large
accounts side of
marketing - customers who'd pay many millions for a 3084 or 3090 less
powerful than a modern PC)
Bleh. Comparing a 3090 to a modern PC is meaningless. I have no doubt
that there will *eventually* be a PC more powerful (read having more I/O
throughput capacity) than today's System z10. But by then mainframes
will have moved on. I'll bet a cellphone or pocket scientific
calculator would have more horsepower than a first-generation S/360.
Peace... Sridhar