RE: Enterprise Rent-a-car

[jpcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

>The IBM press release said that the RS/6000s would be used for the web
based
>reservations system.  According to Netcraft (www.netcraft.com/whats)
>Enterprise (www.enterprise.com) is running Apache on Solaris OS.
>
>So, is Enterprise replacing AS/400s or Suns?
>
>The anecdotes people have said about replacing AS/400s have been funny.
>They have had a ring of truth.  But we may be jumping to conclusions about
>the RS/6000s replacing AS/400s.

I believe that Enterprise has AS/400 in each of their branch offices(small
ones) that communicate via satellite to headquarters(their own developed
satellite system).   They claim to be able to set up an office quick,  drop
in an AS/400 and be operational very quickly.  They are very involved in
PIE and take most of the graduates of community colleges participating in
PIE in St. Louis.
I agree with the assessment of the above.

John Carr
EdgeTech



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