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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (70556)	1/5/1999 5:47:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Respond to of 186894

Mary, Re: "Could you comment on this announcement wrt to your RAS meter and how close are we to being able to replace some of your MVS systems with these systems?" On a RAS meter, 1 to 10, about a 5 maybe, with what Big Blue and clones do today getting a 10. Replace MVS systems, not until Merced/McKinley, but just as much for processing power and I/O as RAS. Need 64 bit machines to stand a chance. Hey, even Sun was laughing at an availability (the A in RAS) statement HP made about one of their NT servers about five months ago. Of course, you've got McNealy here too. I guess you have to meet with some customers requiring the highest RAS requirements to appreciate what I'm talking about. They'd sacrifice their first born male child for a bomb proof system. I realize that isn't a PC statement nowadays. Tony