This also demonstrates what many have said for a long time. HP should
market the 3000 targeting the AS400 and not (just) Unix systems.
Richard
"Thomas, Charlie" wrote:
>
> Jonathan,
> Just for your records, Cardinal Health, who at one point had ~60 HP3000s in
> production nation wide , has been on the fast track in converting all of
> their HP3000s to AS400s for the last several years. Rumour has it, they
> have entered the final phases of this, and anticipate being completely free
> of the 3000 platform in 6 months or so... In my humble opinion, this was a
> great mistake - based on internal politics alone - not to mention (in my
> insignificant opinion), a vast disservice to their stock-holders, who
> probably still have NO idea of how many millions were (are) spent needlessly
> to convert what was already in place and working efficiently, which without
> IBMs, effectively placed the company in the "Fortune 60" catagory.
>
> It seems absurd, but I recall that it was only about 6 years ago when IBM
> FINALLY decided to build a front-end piece to their OS in order to handle
> connecting to "open systems"....they had to be dragged kicking and screaming
> to the open systems model - no doubt, it was their bottom line that finally
> "decided" the move for them, since the rest of the world went that direction
> years before.
>
> Anyway Johnathan, I expect that you will have to be removing Cardinal from
> your 'preferred' list, in not a long while.
>
> Charlie Thomas
> Systems Administration Unit
> Information Systems Division
> California Department of Corrections
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonathan M. Backus [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 11:39 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT:User list feel good story
> >
> > Wesley,
> >
> > It's at www.TechGroupMD.com/mpeusers.htm . I have no idea how
> > comprehensive. I know I continue to get additions.
> >
> > Thanx,
> > Jon
> >
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