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From: kenner@lab.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner)
Subject: Re: Is Ada likely to survive ?
Date: 1997/08/11
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In article <dewar.871220626@merv> dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:
>No, noone has seen the expected dramatic decline. You have to look
>in the second deriviative to see any decline at all. And even there
>the figures are surprising. You are making claims that simply cannot
>be substantiated except by wishful thinking.

You are claiming that the absolute number of mainframes sold per year
is still growing.  Marin is claiming that the percentage of computers
sold each year that are mainframes is dramatically declining.  These
claims are not inconsistent since the total number of computers being
sold is increasing.