I agree with Donna in that the product delay is *not* a good thing -- my
point was that it was strange to hear a sales rep 'kinda' plug the 3K's
robustness.

I was willing to look at AutoRAID DASD and fibre channel technology over a
year ago, but had to choose another (much more expensive) solution which
was supported.  With the advent of these (and the Hitachi/HP OEM alliance),
we will have a few more choices -- albeit somewhat late in the technology
curve.

Lee Gunter
Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon / Regence HMO Oregon
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From: Donna Garverick <[log in to unmask]> on 05/11/99 01:24 PM

Please respond to Donna Garverick <[log in to unmask]>


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Subject:  Re: lastest technology




Lee Gunter wrote:

> Richard's post is interesting (and timely) because I just met our new HP
> sales rep, yesterday, and his explanation for this phenomenon was very
> similar to  Richard's.  He described the delay in rollout of new
> technologies to the 3K as a function of MPE's efficiency -- that the care
> and feeding of Unix and the resources it typically gobbles in comparison
to
> MPE require much more attention to that platform (patches, upgrades,
etc.)
> as newer technologies are rolled for it.

(donning my sig sysman hat, again...)
you know, we've heard this for years from hp.  and at least for me, this
explanation is starting to wear kinda thin.  personally, i don't think
being on
the 'bleeding edge' is critical but on the other hand the amount of time it
takes from product announcement to mpe delivery is much too long.  i want
some
of this 'new' technology -- and while it's still relatively 'new'.  how
long
did it take fibre channel to get brought over to mpe, for instance?
(...and i
won't go into a rant about hardware prices for mpe... (aren't we all
lucky?)
:-)  i wonder if there are any cases of folks (companies) wanting to buy an
mpe
system (vs unix) but elect to buy unix because they can get the hardware?
it
would rather seem that hp's stance on bringing new hardware technology to
mpe
is backward thinking -- especially considering mpe's revitalization.
(/hat)            - d

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