OT- Re: [rescue] cray sx-6

[rescue at sunhelp.org]

me at dansikorski.com writes:

>The high cost of R&D is easily offset by selling only a few units.  They
>won't "lose the battle" in "these hard economic times." Cray's biggest
>customer is the government (specifically NSA) and the government isn't
>going out of buisness anytime soon.  The NSA is the first customer to
>buy all of Cray's products, and probably always will be.  Buisnesses may
>have low sales and therefore have budget cuts, but I'm pretty sure that
>i'm still paying taxes.  (and yes, there can still be budget cuts, but
>it doesn't seem that the NSA cuts corners, nor should they.)  

The "hard economic times" that have been hurting Cray (& CCC) have
been the end of the Cold War. Things seem to be picking up again 
though.

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