On 7/14/05, Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> No, you're fairly accurate.  Problem is, the M$ kool-aid is all they were
> taught in B.school.  And, gee, guess what, you bring the skillsets you
> learn in school to the workplace....

Some of us remember the hell that was Windows NT so we know the
kool-aid tastes like crap.  On the other hand, to someone that did use
NT in a production environment, the fact that you can now get uptimes
of 6 months or more regularly out of Windows and SQL Server things
don't seem so bad any more.

> 
> Frankly, we've had a major turnover in IT management and Sr. staff in the
> last 10 years and very few of them know about AS400 or consider it to be
> state of the art...
> 
Sadly the best or even good technology rarely wins.  It's always
what's cheapest, and easiest and somewhat does the job for the most
part.


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