RE: Rows of NT vs 1 N-way

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

Sounds like the guy spinning all the plates could be an IS Manager with
NT machines in an AS/400 TV Commercial, next to an IS Manager with an
AS/400 spinning one big plate and having an real easy time !.
Of course, that's if IBM Corporate ever allowed them to actually MAKE
AS/400 TV Commercials !!   
(Yeah, I AM forgetting the surfer ad !).   :-)



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Carr [SMTP:74711.77@CompuServe.COM]
> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 1998 11:05 PM
> To:   Midrange-L
> Subject:      Rows of NT vs 1 N-way
> 
> 
> RE:   NEWSWire/400-05.27.98
> 
> Got this a week or so ago (Newwire/400).  Thought it was interesting.
> BTW a large company in my town was running Domino on (I think)
> 17 NT servers (Rows of them).   They  replaced the "Rows" for a 
> single N-way AS/400.  It think it had something to do with support
> costs & uptime.  I'm not sure<G>.  
> 
> Hey, that reminds me,  Do you's people remember that act on TV 
> with the guy with the plates on the sticks ?  He had about a bunch(17
> ?)
> of sticks straight up from a table and he put a dinner plate on top of
> 
> each one(spinning it) as he put more plates on the sticks, he had to
> keep
> running back to keep the others spinning.   He eventually hit his max,
> 
> and his entire time was running back and forth keeping the plates
> spinning.
> Every one laughed when they occasionally fell. 
> 
> I don't know why I keep remembering that act when hearing about "Rows
> and Rows".  Hmm  Anyway I thought it  was funny.
> 
> <From Newswire/400)
> OUT OF CONTEXT: ROW UPON ROW OF NT-POWERED COMPAQ MACHINES
> 
> "Why is IBM going to be happy with a Java specification that lets 
> their customer freely choose not to use their platform? If pure 
> Java really succeeds, all the server companies are dead, because 
> Compaq can roll out its NT systems, and you can cluster them 
> together so you have five running, and it costs you $20,000. And 
> this thing outperforms a Sun box that's $100,000. So why would 
> anyone buy Sun anymore, when they can buy row upon row of NT-
> powered Compaq machines?"
> -- Bill Dunlap, Microsoft Product Manager for Visual J++
> Copyright 1998, NEWS/400
> http://www.news400.com
> 
> 
>  John Carr CDP
>  Certified IBM Specialist  - RPG
>  EdgeTech
>  804-739-7689
>  5921 Acorn Ridge Ct.
>  Midlothian Va 23112
>  74711.77@compuserve.com
> 
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