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Subject: Re: ASCI White vs. Deep Blue

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:02:45 09/24/01

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On September 24, 2001 at 07:20:23, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On September 23, 2001 at 18:35:12, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>that'll be only $10000 an hour if you're lucky that they would only
>>charge 10k an hour.
>
>I'll imagine Cray charged similar rates normally for the
>machines Bob used.
>
>It just take someone to convince them of the kind of
>publicity it gives ;)
>
>--
>GCP


Exactly the point.  That was _the_ reason Cray chose to support us for
so long.  Easy way to get their name in most every computer publication on
the planet, once a year or so...

And yes, they charged a fortune for a machine that sold for around $60
million 10-20 years ago.

• Re: ASCI White vs. Deep Blue Gian-Carlo Pascutto 06:55:10 09/24/01
  • Re: ASCI White vs. Deep Blue Robert Hyatt 08:25:13 09/24/01
    • Re: ASCI White vs. Deep Blue Vincent Diepeveen 15:48:30 09/24/01
      • Re: ASCI White vs. Deep Blue Robert Hyatt 11:12:18 09/25/01

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