Re: The future of computing

Randy,

Spare me... take a look at the IBM APAR library sometime for a liberal dose
of reality.

It was only a month or so ago that the local evangelists were insisting that
there was something magical about AS/400 disk drives that made them so much
more reliable, and hence worth 10x the price of their PC counterparts. I
wonder if they still feel that way?

The truth is that none of us knows what is going on with the MSN servers at
this point. MS probably does deserve a healthy dose of criticism for what's
going on, but I think it's fair to say that IBM should be getting an earful
over this little disk drive fiasco as well.

So by all means, go ahead and take your shots, but don't be so selective
about your targets. After all, whether it's the MS kind, or the IBM variety,
a shill is still a shill.


John Taylor
Canada

>
> >From: Randy Mangham
> >
> >To those on this list who would call some of us "Microsoft bashers" when
we
> >share these horror stories:
> >
> >Are YOU willing to bet your MISSION CRITICAL infrastructure on
Microsoft??
> >Can you just IMAGINE the credit/debit card authorization systems being
down
> >for SEVEN days? Or how about the national and international bank funds
> >transfer systems???
> >
> >I could share many stories of my clients who have suffered horrible
> >downtime with MS based systems that were designed and installed by
> >(supposedly) the best consulting firms in the world including MS's own
> >consultancy. (Of course, let us not even mention Oracle for downtime!)
> >
> >Randy Mangham Pacific Crest Consulting San Diego CA
> >


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