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> From: James Trudeau <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: MPE/ix v 5.5
> Date: Tuesday, February 17, 1998 9:00 AM
>
> Howdy,
>
> Geez guys these stories of programs taking 30 to 50+ percent longer
> to run scare the daylights out of me.  Somewhere along the lines
> when HP releases the 6.0 OS I'll install it, but with this sort of
> degradation I'll have to get a new box.  Please tell me I don't need
> a new box to be Y2K compliant :/).
>
> Are these two recent postings the only ones with problems or have
> I been missing something?  When we went from 4.0 to 5.0 we
> really didn't notice any change in performance to speak of.  Now
> I'm nervous.  Please rub my back and tell me everything will be
> alright.
>
> Jim Trudeau
> Computer Sciences Corp (for now)
> Harlingen, Tx

We had no performance hit going from 4.0 to 5.0 either. Our jobs are mainly
MANMAN batch jobs and Quiz report jobs.
I found it interesting that our MRP runs take the same amount of time as
before, and so does the backup job. There Jim, now settle down.  :)