There is a company called Orical that writes business software for
business. It has sales of 300 million dollars a year. It is traded on the
Nasdec board. You can buy their stock. I don't have any now but I did have
back in the 1970's. Most of there software is for Unix computers.
On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, CyberPeasant wrote:
> Glynn Clements wrote
> >
> > CyberPeasant wrote:
> >
> > > > So, it's basically a toss-up between features or simplicity. Judging
> > > > by the longevity of Unix, it would seem that simplicity wins.
> > >
> > > If longevity is the criterium, doesn't MVS or some other hoary IBM
> > > mainframe OS win? COBOL, RPG, warts and all...
> >
> > They would if people still used them for all-new systems.
> >
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that the only
> > reason that any of the above were still in use was for compatibility
> > with existing setups.
> >
> > Unix (and Linux) is being installed in environments with no prior
> > history of Unix usage. Is the same true of IBM mainframes, COBOL, RPG,
> > etc?
>
> Beats me. I don't work. Somehow I think that IBM was still in business,
> last time I looked. And still selling systems for high-end DB use.
> Ditto for Tandem and some others. (Fujitsu comes to mind, and Hitachi).
>
> I will confess ignorance to the role of Unix in areas like this; but I
> have been under the impression that it has always been a weak competitor
> with more capable systems for large-scale data management.
>
> Dave
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