RE: Microsoft thwarted again

["McKown, John" <john.mckown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Ingvaldson, Scott
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 9:59 AM
> To: 'midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: Microsoft thwarted again
> 
> 
> Exactly!  I sold electronics in the early 80's and the reason people
> originally bought VHS vs. Betamax was that VHS recorders were 
> $100 or more
> cheaper.  Later in the product cycle people bought VHS 
> because VHS versions
> of movies were much more easily found than Beta versions.
> 
> Now the real question is, is this a valid comparison to the 
> differences
> between M$ and iSeries?
> 
> Regards,
>  
> Scott Ingvaldson
> iSeries System Administrator
> GuideOne Insurance Group

This is valid comparison. Windows, like VHS, is inferior, but both less
expensive and "good enough". I was a beta user back then. The quality of
my tapes was much better than the VHS of the time. But VHS won due to it
being "good enough" and less expensive. Exactly like Wintel vs iSeries
(or zSeries or pSeries). We are looking at a zSeries to Wintel. The
reason given is exactly that: "The zSeries is simply too expensive and
Window's reliability is sufficient for our needs."


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John McKown
Senior Systems Programmer
UICI Insurance Center
Information Technology

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