RE: "Microsoft owns 23 AS/400s"

["Simon Coulter" <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Ken,

Of course IBM have more than 23 NT servers.  Partly due to NT's inability to 
run more than one server 
reliably, partly due to poor scalability, but mostly due to stupidity on IBM's 
part -- they should be taking a 
leaf from Sun's book.  But mostly all the NT servers are doing is print 
serving, e-mail, remote access, and 
all those other things that aren't really mission critical.

And before another flame war starts -- I realise that users can perceive the 
above mentioned items as mission 
critical (and there are isolated instances of dependencies on printing or 
e-mail) but in the grand scheme of 
things they aren't.  The business will GENERALLY not fail if printing stops, or 
e-mail dies.  Losing those 
things is little more than an inconvenience.

You can bet IBM's BUSINESS doesn't run on NT -- that's still pretty much tied 
to MVS.  (Although in retrospect 
since IBM is tying so much of its service and software to NT maybe its business 
does run on NT -- Urggh! what 
a thought .... going to puke now ....)

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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//--- forwarded letter -------------------------------------------------------
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> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 99 08:05:41 -0800
> From: "Ken Slaugh" <ken.slaugh@cm-inc.com>
> To: "'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: "Microsoft owns 23 AS/400s"

> 
> Roes anyone know how many NT Servers IBM owns? More than 23, I bet.
> 
> Ken Slaugh
> Senior Programmer/System Analyst
> AS/400 Professional Network Administrator/MSE
> Specialist - Client Access/400
> Chouinard & Myhre, Inc.

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