However, unlike ComputerWhirl, Information Week is factual, albeit slow to the game, so to speak (or write.)

Kind regards,

Denys. . .

Denys Beauchemin
Hicomp America, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From:   Joe Geiser [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Tuesday, July 08, 1997 8:11 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: What goes around...

On Tuesday, July 08, 1997 6:58 PM, Bruce Toback
[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
> This week's _Information Week_ (<http://www.informationweek.com>)
> has an
> interesting cover story: "They're Back! The MAINFRAME is returning
> as the
> enterprise backbone. To salvage failed client-server projects,
users
> are
> turning back to big iron for lower costs, solid security, and
> proven
> scalability." [Emphasis in original.] Inside, the article continues
> "Big
> iron is cheaper, more reliable, and more secure than Unix or NT
> platforms, say returning users."
>
> Which shouldn't come as too much of a surprise to most readers of
> this
> list.

Well...I think I've always said in papers I've delivered...the big
iron (or even the small iron, as in HP3000) isn't going away anytime
soon...but it's role will change - to that of data server instead of
"all things to all people"...

So - Information Week does it again - comes out with something that
people have known for a long time...

Joe

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