James B. Byrne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

...
>The one stand out feature of our experience with the HP3000 family
>has been its unrelenting reliability and ease of use.  We have a
>lights out operation, and yet we do a complete data base backup every
>evening and a full system backup every weekend.   Our system has
>experienced only one significant period of down time in the past three
>years and that was caused by a combination of a bad DDS unit and a
>failing disc drive.  Even so, the total outage period was less than
>four hours.  Our system shrugs off power failures as if they did not
>happen while across the street Revenue Canada has difficulty in
>getting its terminal servers back on line.
...

>An important consideration in our continued use of the HP3000 has
>been the steady addition of essential functionallity to the OS.
...

>In fact, last year our firm spent virtually nothing on new hardware
>or software for the HP3000 and yet burned several tens of thousands
>of dollars on Intel oriented products and PC's.  It seems unfair that
>the work horse is ignored while the gadfly gets all the money.
...

>Based on my specific experience with HP/iX, HP-UX, WinNT and Win95,
>my recommendations for a company contemplating what platform that
>they want to run their company on go something like this:
>
>HP3000 - runs forever; doesn't complain; needs little attention.  Is
>the definition of the word performance as it applies to business
>computing.
>
>HP9000 - runs; complains; demands attention; performance is measured
>in days between reboots.
>
>WinNT - runs; tells you nothing;  doesn't care if you give it
>attention or not, does what it wants, not what you want; Performance
>is not measured in any term that can be understood by a non lawyer.
>
>Win95 - sometimes stumbles, often crawls; complains in a high pitched
>whine but won't reveals what is bothering it; even if you give it
>attention it will hold its breath until you go away; There is no
>performance, there isn't even a cast of characters or a plot line.



Now, who wants to take this well-passed HP3000 ball and run with it all the
way to the goal line?

HP's PR department?  Interex?  The HP Chronicle?  Ron Seybold?
Computerworld?  Golf digest?


I believe Jim has started a great new thread.



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