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To: Tony Viola who wrote (54729)	4/28/1998 10:26:00 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) of 186894

Tony - You obviously understand the big iron world pretty well. I started programming on 1440's and 1800's, moved to 360's when they came out in the mid-60's, so I have watched the evolution of the high end at close range. How would you compare the points you mention vs. Tandem's Himalaya systems? I realize that S390 covers a broad range of industries (i.e. about everyone) while Tandem plays in a very narrow niche in the financial and telecom space. But in terms of reliability Himalaya gets 'one more 9' than the best S390 systems, and serviceability is also on a par - I once saw a demo where every piece of a himalaya was replaced, and all of the software including apps was upgraded, all while never falling below the response time or performance metric. Himalaya is based on MIPS processors, so there is the near certainty that the architecture will move to something else in the next few years. Merced certainly looks like a possibility. And given CPQ's volume and recent purchase of DEC, Tandem might move out of its niche. Any thoughts on what a move like this might mean?

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