I don't understand what could be expensive about keeping a 3000 running?

John Lee
Vaske Computer Solutions

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>Gavin writes:
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>>  But for most people it *isn't* a long term solution.  Ultimately most will
>>  move to something else, but many will do it only because they're forced to
>>  by changes in their business or because they can't afford to keep the 3000
>>  running any more.  Quite a few (many of the smaller customers) will
finally
>>  make the transition catastrophically when the 3000 dies and can't be
>>  resurrected, or the backup tapes can't be read, or it turns out that the
>>  last backup was done in 1995 :-)
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