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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- --- Bob Angell, Principal - Sys. Engineer/Author/Consultant Applied Info & Mgnt Sys, 1238 Fenway Ave., SLC, UT 84102 v: 801-583-8544 e: aimsllc@ibm.net / bangell@cs.utah.edu -------------------------------------------------------- Applied Info & Mngmnt Systems has services as follows: Intra/Internet, Notes, Multiplatform data integration, Networking (TCPIP-SNA), Custom (AWK-PERL-C-Visualizer), Database dsgn/dev. (DB2-SQLserver-Oracle-etc.), Modeling OS's (Win95;Warp/NT Server; AIX / HP-UX / SunOS; OS/400) -------------------------------------------------------- "Had Mama Cass and Karen Carpenter shared that Ham sand- wich, they would both be with us today!" ---------------------------------------------------------------- YOUR JUNK MAIL WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!!, You have been warned! "By US Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), a computer/modem/printer meets the definition of a telephone fax machine. By Sec.227(b) (1)(C), it is unlawful to send any unsolicited advertisement to such equipment. By Sec.227(b)(3)(C), a violation of the aforementioned Section is punishable by action to recover actual monetary loss, or $500, whichever is greater, for each violation." ----------------------------------------------------------------- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This is the Midrange System Mailing List! To submit a new message, * * send your mail to "MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com". To unsubscribe from * * this list send email to MAJORDOMO@midrange.com and specify * * 'unsubscribe MIDRANGE-L' in the body of your message. Questions * * should be directed to the list owner / operator: david@midrange.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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