-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/10/07 16:12, Greg Folkert wrote: [snip] > >> I guess that's called a mainframe :) > > No, mainframes are not really that "capable" as a holy grail to set your > sights on. Yes they operate on a different set of standards, but over > all, they were designed to handle large amounts of input and output in a > very reasonable way. They really don't do computing any better or worse > (subjective, yes, I know) than any other systems. The only real thing > mainframes do better than many other systems, that I know of, is COST a > lot of money to maintain and upgrade.
Did you just contradict yourself? They're *great* at IO. And they're durable. Does AIX have batch queues? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQFGQ5sJS9HxQb37XmcRAh2PAJ0Qi7v526vCc+I5T4YynIeol2KIWwCY8z9G cm8+1p7Q7QpT4C+fIgeojg== =GIHQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
