Jim Wowchuk ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: At 06:10 PM 12/3/95 EET, Esko Lahdensivu wrote:
: >        That is exactly what HP Marketing is all about.  If I were
: >        a customer looking for a system for serious, reliable
 
: against the non-vendor specific products like Sybase, Oracle and Ingress,
: and other vendor specific systems like DEC's RDB, I found HP's 3000 offering
: to be the equal if not better in most cases.  Okay, I'm biased by my
: previous experiences, but I think in a blind feature set comparison it
: stands pretty well.
[ snip ]
: pretty complete. Not surprisingly though, none present at the course (except
: myself) had ever heard of IMAGE or the HP3000.  Very disappointing.
 
I think that a buyer of a file system/rdbms frequenlty will rank a 3rd
party solution higher because often:
 
        a) it offers platform independance (read - to those which really
                                count)
        b) has a larger portfolio of available packages
        c) considered a tier 1/strategic platform by ISV's
        d) plenty of people/consultants who know the product
 
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