27 Jan
2002
27 Jan
'02
5:23 a.m.
--- John Allain <allain(a)panix.com> wrote:
John... check the attribution... that was _my_ reply refuting that
in 1987 a PC-AT was an obvious choice for a computer as compared to
an uVAX-II. It was long winded, yes, but I included some datapoints
Apples and
oranges. Comparing a PC-AT and a uVAX-II
Has there ever been a case where he hasn't taken the last word?
I think if I had enough wind to outblow Richard I'd be set for a
long and successful career in politics. Thank-You no. from my memories of the time to support _my_ assertion
that the PC-AT,
IBM or clone, was not the one-and-only obvious choice for computing
15 years ago. We were an all-DEC shop and did not get a PC until the
acct. dept purchased a PS/2 Model 30 (which I still have) for *big*
moola. We only got it so we could run PC accounting software. Even
the accountants still used MASS-11 for wordprocessing and VAX MAIL
for e-mail, even though they had a PC... back then, each PC was an island,
and the VAX was our common work place.
I still say, if you need VMS, for 1987, the uVAX-II was the way to go
for a new machine. If you didn't need VMS, there were plenty of other
computers to buy.
-ethan
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