Dr J, I believe widespread use of WIN NT 5.0 is exactly what we don't want. Hum thrives on the fact that IBM, SUN, Oracle, Microsoft, etc. are all present in the enterprise, thereby creating an opportunity for Hum to provide integration software. The more homongenous the enterprise becomes, e.g., WIN to WIN communication, the worse it is for Hum. There was recently a good article in Business Week about how Microsoft is trying to take over the world, and how everyone else (including the US government) is trying to stop them. At this point, by owning Hum, I am betting that WIN NT 5.0 is not going to meet Microsoft's expectations.
I don't know how Andyne will fit into this, but I would suspect that Andyne will be the most flexible data warehousing tool in terms of connectivity to different platforms than any on the market. |
