>I actually took Hal's comment the other way, that the "not very far from the 
>actuality" was referring back to the meaningless indicator.  >In that case, it 
>really is pretty accurate.
>IOW, MIPS is meaningless.

Because of:

>>In fairness, it -is- a number that a high manager can use to reasonbly 
>>quantify things.

I took it the other way.
The poster appeared to believe it was a meaningful measurement.

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Ted MacNEIL
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