Key quote: "Jacob Matusevich, Welch's manager of networks and server technologies,
said there's no significant difference in uptime between the Intel and IBM
environments."
Uptime is in the eye of the beholder.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, I worked for a service
bureau. I was there because they had a S/370 to satisfy a few clients,
but their primary workhorses were DEC20 systems. They started having
downtime problems with the DECs and finally lodged a complaint with DEC
management. They got back a letter from the national DEC service
manager stating that 90% uptime was the best that anyone could expect
and they better get used to it.
Meanwhile the S/370 was chugging along and never had an unscheduled
outage the whole time I was there.
I guess we know why DEC is long gone
--
Bruce A. Black
Senior Software Developer for FDR
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