Micro/Mini/Mainframe definitions

Thu May 19 01:12:01 CDT 2005

Sellam wrote:
> Does the thing sitting in front of you "compute"?  Are you the only one
> using it at any one time?  If so, I'd call that a Personal Computer ;)

<wacky humor>
Your're excluding quite a few Wintel boxen out there with your definition.
How many of those aren't used exclusively by their obvious "operators", if
you count in "timesharing" them with back orifice users, adware/spyware
distributors and the like?
</wacky humour>

So long,

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