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To: cfimx who wrote (9727)	5/7/1998 6:49:00 PM
From: paul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

From the May 4, 1998 Issue of Computerworld.. "..As part of a massive enterprise resource planning rollout, Howmedica, Inc. a subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc. in Rutherford, N.J. evaluated its Windows NT systems last year before it decided to go with Unix systems from Sun Microsystems, Inc. The decision was made largely because Unix systems were more scalable, Said Stuart Davie, Howmedica's vice president of Information Technology. "Early indications were that NT would be a lot cheaper...but in the end, the difference wasn't significant" in terms of overall cost, Davie said." some other choice lines from the article: ..In fact, when combined with administrative and maintenance costs, NT systems may may end up costing more to own than Unix systems' users and analysts said. a quote from Greyhound bus lines .... "Unix is almost 30% cheaper" than NT for ongoing maintenance, support and losses associated with network downtime. "much of the hardware cost comes from constantly having to add more processors or throw more servers to handle application scalability issues" "another significant cost in some environments is the need to have redundant Windows NT systems backing each other up to ensure high-application availability" "There is a misperception that just because NT is a shrink-wrapped product, it is somehow cheaper" than Unix, said Tom Yager a network operating system team leader at Sprint. "..said a systems analyst at a utility in Washington, who requested anonymity. Unix systems dont crash as often, so fewer backup systems are needed. "

To: cfimx who wrote (9727)	5/7/1998 6:53:00 PM
From: paul	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

also from the same issue.. "The wait continues for Windows NT 5.0" ..Bob Sakakeeny, an analyst at Aberdeen Group, Inc. said corporate users shouldn't hold their breath for an enterprise class version of Windows NT. "I dont think we're going to see this stuff in 5.0," Sakakeeny said. "The other operating systems out there such as Unix and Novell, Inc.'s NetWare are decades old and got stable and big over time. NT will need three-plus years to handle business-critical operations."

To: cfimx who wrote (9727)	5/8/1998 8:06:00 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Fear not,twitter, I am not blonde. My hair used to be black, but now has as much salt as pepper in it. As for boiling bunnies, I would only do that if I was making rabbit stew. I'd much rather make money trading stocks and enjoy the free flow of ideas on SI threads. BTW, did you read that according to the Options theory of maximum pain, SUNW should be down to 40 next Friday. Of course, that means that my shares won't be called away, so I'll be visiting this thread for at least another month. Can you handle it? Watch out, though, DOJ is hot on MSFT's trail. Might even force MSFT to break up. Poor Bill :-))