Isaacblake ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
 
> Try the fact that Quicken-4 for Windows :-( has problems with Windows '95,
> as well as a list of 100+ programs which were identified in PC Week a few
> weeks ago...
 
Strange.  I been running Quicken-4 (CD-ROM edition) for Windows every darn
day under Win95 for at least two months and haven't had a problem yet
(knock on wood, of course ;-).  I think the "problem" you're referring to
was some corner-case with printing.
 
> My take on Windows '95 is that it's a good product, however if the
> migration from MPE/V to MPE/XL was this bad, then MPE would be truly
> dead!!!
 
Oh, come on now.  I seem to recall going through about two weeks of
coursework for the MPE V to MPE/XL migration.  Several months of in-depth
planning.  Four days of downtime for the actual migration.  Not to mention
around nine thousand dollars of HP consulting time.  The hardware, being
proprietary, was of course a known quantity too.
 
The so-called "migration" to Win95 (of which I've personally done two)
consisted of perusing an installation manual, verifying some hardware
settings, running the setup program and feeding in some disks.
 
I don't see a comparison here.
 
> Look at the costs for upgrading the associated software, along with the
> hardware issues.  In some cases it makes sense to sell your old
> system/software, and take that money towards the purchase of a new Pentium
> system with bundled software.
 
Other than (on minimal systems) moving from 4 to 8mb of RAM and possibly a
larger hard drive, I don't see any reason to sell those 386 and 486
systems and move to a Pentium unless you just want to justify getting a
faster machine in the process.
 
I see the major cost for a business will be training people in the use of
Win95.  Moving to 32-bit application software can be incremental and the
cost should be comparible to moving to newer versions of software which
most places do eventually anyway.
 
  Jeff Lindberg, Information Technology Coordinator
 
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