>The question "If mainframes are so fantastic, why are >there any other systems out there?" is similar to >asking, "If Ferraris are so fantastic, why are there >any other brands of cars?"
Maybe a better analogy: "If trucks are so fantastic, why are there wheelbarrows?" - - - - - Timothy F. Sipples Consulting Enterprise Software Architect, z9/zSeries IBM Japan, Ltd. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

