> > machines.
> > 
> > i think there is no comparision to other processors (in specints
> > etc.) just because they will look poor. 
> 
> My bet would be that mainframers don't ask for SPECints or whatnot.
> I don't have any hard evidence of this but I can say that the mainframe
> people on the listservs are, um, a different kind of person. That's
> not an insult. Red and blue are different colors too.
> 
> It is very hard to explain. The culture is totally totally different.
maybe. but please don't talk about culture when talking about real
numbers. the real numbers are probably weak or IBM would show them for
sure.