RE: SAP recommends NT

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In response to the points below, here are some things I've heard in the
past that may apply:

1)      It's cheap because it's no bloody good !
        You can pay me now, or pay me later !
2)      There's no such thing as enough performance !
        (Well OK, maybe that one was talking about race cars, but still
....
3)      If everyone else put their head in the fire would you do it too
?
        People will buy crap.  Just because it sells the most doesn't
mean it's the best.

As for 'Wolfpack' - didn't I hear somewhere that wolves occasionally eat
their young ?    :-)

Good luck with your S30 !


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rwagner@zeunastaerker.de [SMTP:rwagner@zeunastaerker.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 11:44 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: SAP recommends NT
> 
> Chuck,
> 
> we (the IT department) investigated the SAP platforms S/390, AS/400,
> UNIX
> and NT. We voted because of
> technical advantages for AS/400. But SAP does not understand that we
> take
> anything else but NT into consider!
> 
> The reasons are very simple:
> 
> 1.) NT is cheap
> 2.) NT's performance is enough (we plan 450 users)
> 3.) NT is the mainstream (everyone goes NT). SAP sells more than 50%
> on NT!
> 
> If you talk to a NT representative you will hear much of goodies that
> will
> come in the future (when wolfpack is available
> NT will be very high available) and things of other systems that were
> bad
> in the past (TCP/IP on AS/400 had much of
> problems some years ago).
> 
> Everytime you have an technical argument that votes against NT you
> will
> hear an answer like:
> 
> _So much people are working on it: In the near future it won't be a
> problem
> any more_
> 
> Tomorrow we receive an AS/400 S30 as an aducation and test machine on
> an
> try+by basis. I hope it does a godd
> job and we can stay on this platform
> 
> Greetings
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> Reinhold Wagner
> 
> Zeuna Staerker GmbH & Co. KG
> Biberbachstr. 9
> D - 86154 Augsburg
> Germany
> 
> Tel.: +49 821 4103 490   Fax.: +49 821 4103 7490
> eMail: rwagner@zeunastaerker.de
> 
> 
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