The last time a "consultant" gave me that line, they subsequently tried to
pitch the IBM mainframes as a "solution".  Now, THAT system is truly
based on a nearly 40 year old architecture....same instruction set and all
as in the early 1960s!

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> >
> > Just read the following statement and would be interested in hearing
> > anyone's comments.
> >
> > "The HP 3000 is based on a 25-year old architecture with
correspondingly
> > dated performance. "
> >
> > To me this sounds like someone that does not know a HP 3000 for the
great
> > machine that it is!