On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:13:00 -0400, Ben Bruno <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >John Wolff of LAACO, Ltd. writes to the HP3000 digest: > >> Even if the migration technically works, how can you call going from 3 IT >> people with 1 HPe3000 to 14 IT people on 9 HP9000's successful? > >Technically, the migration was successful as for its 6 month implementation >and it WORKED. Operationally, I believe it is a failure to go from 3 people >to 14 people. I was being somewhat facetious with my statement above. I am >sure others will agree with you. > >> (Hope to see you at HP World) >I will be there at our booth and look forward to seeing you after 22 years >where I was an HP SE for LAACO in Los Angeles! > >Ben Upon further reflection, I must conclude that the above mentioned project is a brilliant example of: 1) Successful salesmanship by HP (turning 1 box into 9). 2) Extensive disaster recovery planning where failure is nearly impossible. 3) Proven migration feasibility strategy, all in a short time frame. 4) A full employment policy that keeps as many IT people as possible off the street. With all these benefits, profit considerations would seem to be a complicating after thought. :-) See you in L.A.. * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *