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To: Ali Chen who wrote (50345)	3/9/1998 11:47:00 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Respond to of 186894

Ali,>>> I am afraid to suggest the reason for this system: it works!<<< Wrong!!!I'm afraid that may not be good enough. The more things change the more they stay the same. Nearly thirty years ago I was shopping for a computer system where people could share, access, and update common data files; use the system for word processing; and as an added bonus where to relieve the stresses of work you could play computer games. Pac Man, Bridge, Othello were some of the games that came to mind. The system I found, you could partition the system into eight parts, attach eight terminals to it and use the system to do order entry, accounting, play games, and attach a 4800baud modem for telecommunications (these modems - racal milgos cost about four thousand dollars each in 1972); attach 300 cps printers for word processing and 600 lpm line printers for spitting out reams of reports on greenbar computer paper; fixed/removable storage capabilities using winchester technology not unlike what is marketed by Iomega and Syquest today gave you virtually unlimited storage capabilities. In fact there was nothing these computers couldn't do that currently is being done on small LANs and it was easy to use and easy to program. The company manufacturing the computers went out of business over ten years ago - you could have picked up these computers for nothing and they could still be useful today. The company was Wang (they are in business today - but doing something entirely different) and the computer system was a Wang 2200MVP. My point is - just because it works - and works quite well for the mission defined - means diddly - when your time is up - move out gracefully. Don't wait until they drag you out. Mary