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- From: sog@craycos.com (Steve Gombosi)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
- Subject: Re: What are people paying for when they by a supercomputer?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.054017.9167@craycos.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 05:40:17 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.023102.21232@nas.nasa.gov> <1992Nov16.171314.2178@craycos.com> <schumach.721938542@convex.convex.com>
- Organization: Cray Computer Corporation
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- In article <schumach.721938542@convex.convex.com> schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher) writes:
- >In <1992Nov16.171314.2178@craycos.com> sog@craycos.com (Steve Gombosi) writes:
- >
- >>>>>what are they getting in addition to computational power?
- >>... several hundred gallons of Fluorinert(r) ;-).
- >
- >Not necessarily. Some of us are ozone-friendly. :->
-
- Fluorinert is a FLUOROcarbon, not a CHLOROFLUOROcarbon like Freon.
- It doesn't form any weird, nasty ozone-depleting free radicals.
- It's the chlorine that does that. We're a kinder, gentler supercomputer
- company ;-).
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- Steve
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