Re: NT server, pro/con

From: Kent Milligan <kmill_at_hawkeyes.rchland.ibm.com>
Date: 24 Feb 1995 17:07:42 GMT
Message-ID: <3il3ou$1fc7_at_locutus.rchland.ibm.com>


Kind of interesting how NT is copying the strong points of the AS/400, must have something to do with the 300,000+ systems out there...

In article <3ihe93$h2u_at_ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>, cphoa_at_ix.netcom.com (Chris Phoa) writes:
|>
|> NT Strong points:
|> - Ease of use. Network services, user-id maintenace, hard disk
|> config (i.e. shadowing/mirroring, striping, etc.) has never been so
|> damn simple! You can probably get it up and going just from reading
|> the manuals! Try doing that with UNIX or VMS!
|>
|>
|> - Very low overhead. You don't need an entire football team to
|> maintain this sucker. I came from a VMS/Unix shop....I know.
 

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Kenton Milligan
DB2/400 Development 
IBM Rochester-AS/400 Division
kmill_at_rchland.vnet.ibm.com
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(opinions stated are not necessarily those of my employer)
Received on Fri Feb 24 1995 - 18:07:42 CET

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