A NOTE ON THE COST-PERFORMANCE RATIOS OF IBM's 43XX SERIES Jon D. Clark and Thomas C. Richards Department of Business Computer Information Systems North Texas State University Denton, Texas 76203 ABSTRACT Pricing policies of computers with various performance c a p a b i l i t i e s are usually assumed to be non-linear due to economies-of-scale. This a r t i c l e analyzes the cost-performance r a t i o s of a single IBM product l i n e , the 43XX s e r i e s and found t h i s performance c h a r a c t e r i s t i c to be s u r p r i s i n g l y l i n e a r but w i t h g r e a t deal of individual v a r i a t i o n . Key Words: computer, performance e v a l u a t i o n , cost-performance INTRODUCTION The plug compatible computer market is quite competitive, with each vendor p a r t i c i p a n t exercising
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