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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Is Ada likely to survive ?
Date: 1997/08/11
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Date: 1997-08-11T00:00:00+00:00
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<<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.>>

Well certainly there are lots of palm size organizers sold, if you count
these as computers, they overwhelm unit mainframe sales, and the same is true
for PC's. The same is also true for Starbuck's Coffee.

The issue is not the number of PC's being sold, but the extent to which
these sales are cutting into mainframe sales. Looking at the total number
of PC's sold is no more informative in answering that question than looking
at the sales of Coffee!

If you want to see what is happening to mainframe sales, you look at 
mainframe sales.