On Tue, 4 Jan 2000 17:17:32 -0500 , Ted Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >We are running a 979/400 with roughly 150-200 concurrent users. Our >systems people (who by the way hate the HP3000 and love NT) say the life >expectancy of this machine will be 2-3 years and then have to be >replaced. Since we are moving our financials off this machine (and >onto NT) I would think we would be able to keep this box running a lot >longer than that. Anyone care to comment. Are they saying that it will just run out of steam in 2-3 years? If so, I would try to find out what performance data they have to support this claim. (It very well may be true, of course).