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In article <AMPU25444AC7D6@MPA15AB> MPA15AB!COMPSYSU@TRENGA.tredydev.unisys.com writes:
>> It's a very interesting and powerful architecture.  Too bad that it
>> didn't capture a larger market share.
>
>I'm not sure I like the use of the past tense "didn't" here!  ;-)  I like to
>think that more and more people will discover the advantages of the A Series.
>
>  = Randy Gellens            randy%mpa15ab@trenga.tredydev.unisys.com =

Burroughs Large Systems? Let's get real...
Having spent eight years working on Burroughs Large Systems (B6700, B6800,
B6900, A-series) doing applications then systems support work, I bailed
out of the shrinking Burroughs job market and into Open Systems. This was
five years ago and man I'm not sorry... There have been at least a dozen
major Burroughs/Sperry customer defections in the Chicago area alone in
the last 5 years with more expected. Prognosis: terminally ill cash cow.

Open Systems? Don't bet on it... I don't believe Unisys/Convergent can
make a decent UNIX box to save their souls. Unisys also has a terrible
reputation for bad customer support on the boxes they OEM'ed from dead
and dying manufacturers like Arete/Arix and Sequent.

PCs you say? Unisys is at least six months behind and two to three times
more expensive on comparable machines from just about anyone; even from
Mitsubushi which makes Unisys PCs. What happened to CTOS/BTOS? Can anyone
give me one reason to become or to stay a Unisys customer! I wish them
luck, but I honestly don't see Unisys lasting to the end of the decade.

But hey, I been hearing great things about C compilers for the A-series...
- Harry