Art asks:

> We may be migrating some of our software from MPE/iX to Unix or Windows NT
> server in the near future.  Right now I am the sole support person for our
HP
> 3000 and 65+ desktop PCs.  I have some outside assistance supporting our
> NetWare 4.11 file server.  I feel that I will probably need additional
staff
> when the new server is brought online (possibly as soon as summer) but,
since
> I have little Unix experience and zero NT server experience, I have no idea
> how much time/effort is required to support such a system.

Jim Byrne wrote the following about three or four years ago. I liked the
quote so much that I recorded it. Unfortunately, I didn't save the whole
e-mail:

"I run HP3000's, an HP9000/8xx server, a number of WinNT 3.51 WS and a clutch
of Win95 WS. Of the four groups of machines, my time in support breaks down
roughly like this: 10%, 60%, 10%, 20%. Notice who gets the biggest chunk?...
Now, the HP3000 is by far and away the most important machine of the group.
It runs the entire company. The thing is, it just doesn't need me."

Wirt Atmar