[rescue] Re: [geeks] THIS. MAKES. ME. SICK.
Dave McGuire
rescue at sunhelp.org
Wed Jun 13 13:38:06 CDT 2001
On June 13, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> > > What do you expect them to run on a cluster of Alphas?
> >
> > VMS? :)
>
> If Cray did that, then how would they set themselves apart from Compaq?
> They certainly can't sell Compaqs own machines and OS at a lower price
> than Compaq itself can.
Uhhh...the HARDWARE, perhaps?
The T3D/T3E machines are more than just a box full of Alpha chips.
There's a lot more to an MPP machine than just the processors.
-Dave McGuire
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