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Article #22766Re: IBM RISC System/6000 AS/400 (actually a diversion on the topic)
From: //ichael R. //ayne
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 1990 07:15
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 1990 07:15
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In article <00933154.7F943660@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU> sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney) writes:
>
>Yes, but how long are you going to continue to pay for VMS, get SCREWED by
>Digital on VMS licensing agreements, and pay for boxes which are two to three
>times slower for the same dollar amount?
>
>Not to mention peripherials which cost significantly more than what you can
>find in an "open" systems such as Suns.
Posted by someone who has NO understanding of the power of marketing.
I know of companies that do that and persist in telling you how much
better off they are than if they had to use that "horrible Unix operating
system". I don't claim to understand HOW they do it, but it gets done.
/\/\ \/\/
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Michael R. Wayne --- TMC & Associates --- wayne@teemc.uucp
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!edsews!teemc!wayne From: wayne@teemc.UUCP (//ichael R. //ayne) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: IBM RISC System/6000 AS/400 (actually a diversion on the topic) Message-ID: <103335@teemc.UUCP> Date: 3 Mar 90 07:15:42 GMT References: <20714@cfctech.cfc.com> <1990Feb28.042949.21952@edm.uucp> <0093307E.0B7FBDC0@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU> <1586@zipeecs.umich.edu> <00933154.7F943660@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU> Reply-To: wayne@teemc.UUCP (/\/\ichael R. \/\/ayne) Organization: TMC & Associates, Troy, MI Lines: 20