Re: Reliability, Reliability, Reliability

> 
> There is nothing at the local stores to run anything but a tiny business.
> Word processing, spreadsheets, and Access don't run businesses. They are good
> departmental tools. The pc collection package is not from CompUsa.

agreed.  but a lot of businesses do use things like quickbooks or
peachtree.   
 
> Education-What about the Manta training on cd's? or 400 Group cd's? or
> others. Also the IBM Satellite Training (etNetworks.com)? For an annual
> subscription they give you satellite dish & install it! Round the clock
> courses! 10 channels! Cost less than a 1 week course in Rochester! It is out 
>there.

i got a flyer from manta in the mail today.  when you compare what it
costs to going to hastings and buying 'learn visual basic in 21 days'
for $35-$40, well, that's a problem with some folks.
  
the truth isn't what matters, but what the perception is.  we all
struggle with saving $100 on a cheaper moniter, or whether to buy an ibm
terminal or do you go with brand-x?  (an example from the dumb terminal
days).  never mind that you use the terminal for years, and the $100
will be spent many times if the thing is unreliable!

most student learn it on your own types can not afford the $7000 for the
manta software, let alone an as/400 to learn on.  and as/400 courses at
the vo-tech level seems to have vanished.

so the new generation of programmers are microsoft types, and anti
as/400.  

i miss the old manuals.  once upon a time, ibm's manuals were second to
none...   

nj
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