Vax vs. Intel PC

One day I'll proofread what I toss out quickly... This should've been Bill -Who prefers running an AMD 586/133 with 32mb of memory over a 64mb of memory Sparc2 or a 64mb or memory Sparc10 with SunOS or a Solaris 7 Ultra. (Who prefers an 11/780 or better Vax running Vax/VMS (what's this Open/VMS #$%^& marketing @#$%^ anyway...) (I can't afford an Alpha yet...) BTW -- I thought an 8600 was closer to 3.5 mips and an 8650 about 6 mips... I also remember getting dhrystones in that area on my old 386/25. I would NOT advocate replacing an 8650 with a 386/33 or 486 box for much if you were running a Microsoft OS or a commercial Unix varient. I would consider using a Vax 11/780 as my single user desktop if you (generic management you) would be willing to support the power and air conditioning. I'd volunteer my maintenance time and do the hardware. (of course, the DEC diags for this are $15,000 per copy and the third party diags for the machine suck.) However, equal quality diags for the PC don't exist. Bill --- bpechter@shell.monmouth.com|pechter@pechter.dyndns.org Three things never anger: First, the one who runs your DEC, The one who does Field Service and the one who signs your check.