Re: What after Year2000

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

Actually, the 400'ers didn't have a choice in the matter....they were TOLD
by their corporate "you're going to NT...".   Once again, upper management
hasn't been reached....and is believing the ads dujour....and in a couple
of cases is the situation where the camels back was broken because of the
"how many more boxes will I sell if I add feature X..." IBM
marketing mentality of items that some high Kahuna thought they needed
that weren't added....   Heck, the MIS dept is abandoning them like rats,
but that doesn't change the fact that their 400's are history....  Go
figure....  

On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Bob Angell wrote:

> Mark Lazarus wrote:
> > 
> > Don,
> > 
> > >replying to your response to my NT comment:  We've seen just this month
> > >where 3 shops here in the DC arena have been told that they're going to NT
> > >short term as a replacement for the 400...  For BIGGER systems, it's gonna
> > >be slower, but for smaller ones, it's gonna happen sooner rather than
> > >later....  ANd, yes, I'm a father as well and I've paid a ton of my
> > >mortgage on CPF and OS/400....but the writing's on the wall dude...
> > >
> > >Don in DC
> > 
> >  Please update us on their progress at the 3, 6 and 12 month marks.  My
> > guess is that they will regret it to a large part.
> > 
> >  -mark
> 
> NT could probably do about 90% of the AS/400, but printing large jobs,
> and downtime (M$ brags about NT being 95% reliable .... just ask your
> clients who are thinking about such nonsense which 2 weeks don't they
> want their system to remain up?  And if they *HAD* a choice, when would
> they schedule the re-IPL?) are the two key issues that shops overlook.
> 
> -Bob-
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