metaphor schmetaphor - r e a d t h e w o r d s (Score 1)

That sound byte is the only remarkable pro-mainframe thing anyone's said.. and while it is a nice quote its not really an accurate metaphor.. like when arnold calls his opposition 'girlie men', just draws the ear from the fact its completely nonsensical. its clear that in reality NO BODY'S CONSUMING 'the seed corn' - it has nothing to do with anyone 'squandering the future of supercomputing' .. it doesnt even make any sence. compare the ammount of research done on single vs parallel systems.. there is MUCH more potential growth for one of them, while one has 60 years under its belt... not that mainframes dont have their purpose... in a parallel system.. for the individual processes that require their power. the simple fact is most of the supercomputing users are tied to the gov't, and its now seeing all its support go away for its legacy systems, and all the govt can really do is make laws and tax people.. its doing what it always does to maintain its status quo