From: "Sebastian Welton" > > But I do like this statement : > > HDS will continue to support existing clients and will complete upgrades for > current Skyline and Pilot mainframe users. But it will focus on accelerating > the delivery of a system code-named Hercules, originally slated to ship at > the end of 2001. Hercules systems will support mainframe, Unix, and Windows > 2000 data, using CMOS and Intel IA-64 chips.
*that* hercules was a vapourware release to stop current Skyline customer stampeding to z/900 (nee "Freeway" ) and causing a subsequent haemorrhage of income whilst Trinium came online. Ask me, I was in the middle of it - although only as a contractor/consultant, not one with control of any purse-strings. Different (Hercules) animal altogether - all those chips were supposed to be in the one cage, and operating concurrently. As if ... Phil will have some thoughts on that as well methinks. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
