And I'll bet you they could do it cheaper with a
single IBM mainframe than
thousands of PCs. The power savings alone would be tremendous. A 9672 G7
xSeries can run hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Linux images in
LPARs or under VM, all at speeds comparable to quick PCs.
Sadly, and many years after I left the local public school corp that
brought me together with my first Prime, they replaced a power-hungry
Prime 9950 with a *much* (read: no more dedicated transformer outside)
less hungry model 4450.
Which, I understand, they kept for two years before succumbing to the
PeeCee disease.... oh sh*t, new lyrics for Dire Straights' Industrial
Disease are coming to mind ***ClassicCmp SONG LYRIC FILTER INVOKED***