Open Letter to CBM
04-Oct-91 22:18:53
Sb: #14878-Open Letter to CBM
Fm: Harold W. Grigdesby 76304,3030
To: Black Belt Systems 76004,1771
Ben,
In my part of the universe, you're totally wrong. Most Manufacturing
Planning and Control Systems (MRP-II), OPT, and "Just-in-Time"
manufacturing philosophies use UNIX based software. These packages run
mostly on SUN and DEC workstations.
A friend of mine obtained his PhD from Purdue in EE several years ago. You
might be interested to know that he wrote the 911 Emergency Software for
Indiana Bell. He has built a successful business around selling turnkey
UNIX systems to a myriad of clients from Fortune 500 companies to state and
local polic stations.
If your criticism of UNIX were applied to OS/2, then I would agree. UNIX,
Ben, is hardly a niche market.
Hal Grigdesby Krannert Graduate School of Management Purdue University
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