Re: SAP recommends NT

See the July 20 issue of Information Week for an article on 'The Hidden
Costs of NT'.

quote: "NT lacks the robustness, reliability, and scalability found in
more-mature Unix, AS400, and host systems, [some IT veterans] say.
Customers who sign up for NT Server need to be aware of ongoing maintenance
costs and support requirements - issues that can greatly increase the cost
of running NT."

Kathleen Kostuck
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> From: Walden Leverich <walden@techsoftinc.com>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: SAP recommends NT
> Date: Wednesday, July 22, 1998 9:16 PM
> 
> NT IS CHEAP!!! After all, it's only ~$800 including 5 licenses. Compare
> that to >$10,000 for an AS/400......... OH, you mean Total Cost of
> Ownership, well.... :-)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boothm@ibm.net [mailto:boothm@ibm.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 2:27 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: SAP recommends NT
> 
> 
> In <41256648.0052EFEE.00@notes.zeunastaerker.de>, on 07/21/98 
>    at 04:43 PM, rwagner@zeunastaerker.de said:
> 
> >But SAP does not understand that we take
> >anything else but NT into consider!
> 
> >The reasons are very simple:
> 
> >1.) NT is cheap
> 
>    Is this true?  Can the salesman prove it?  Or is he just saying
> "Everyone knows NT is cheap."
> 
> >2.) NT's performance is enough (we plan 450 users)
> 
>     Is this true?  Why do your 450 users have to accept performance at
> lower standards?
> 
> -- 
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> boothm@ibm.net
> Booth Martin
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