Open Letter to CBM
11-Oct-91 07:27:05
Sb: #15293-Open Letter to CBM
Fm: Mark Sterling 74335,1677
To: Mark D. Manes 74030,744
MARK,
I'm not saying that there are more UNIX installations out there. I am
saying that the tide is turning. The recession has made businesses take a
HARD look before buying a system and a UNIX system could be far less
expensive than a Novell LAN. The people I have dealt with are using 386
and 486 machines with SCO or Interactive or have gone one step up with
RS6000 IBM machines. Just compare the cost of adding dumb terminals versus
286/386/486 workstations with Ethernet cards. Netware isn't cheap either.
The choice was plain for me when I went to buy a 10 user system and this
was echoed by the vendors I contacted. Networks may be hip but they are
not the only answer. Certainly they are right for plenty of situations but
not for mine.
….Mark 74335,1677