17 Nov
2001
17 Nov
'01
6:47 a.m.
Re:
Mike Kenzie writes:
Especially since we were supposed to be migrating our
system from a
IBM 390 to the HP3000.
I guess a year of planning and vendor selection is out the window.
So? What was the projected lifespan of the 3000 you were going
to migrate to? 5 years? 7? Then *go ahead*...any 3000 you get today
will run that long, no problem ... and it will do it better and cheaper
and more reliably than many other choices.
OTOH, if you were choosing a platform that would be around for 10+ years,
well ... I don't think any vendor has made that kind of promise!
(Indeed, how many have promised *as of today* that their platform *will*
be here in 5 years? HP has with the 3000 :)
However, with that kind of initial condition, I think there are only two
choices: Linux and Windows. I wouldn't want to bet on the various other
Unix-like vendors to survive 10+ years. (Oh, I think most will, although
probably not HP-UX or SGI's OS, but...do I want to bet on it?)
Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com
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