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).