RE: UniVerse on NT vs *nix

2004-03-10 Thread Martin Scholl
I am running UniData on Win 2003. I have to reboot quite often. It is a Mickey Mouse system with little dog animations accompanying file searches. It produces blue screens with Visual Studio.NET IDE. Requires permanently patches that it downloads on it own, some that demand a reboot. I only run i

Re: UniVerse on NT vs *nix - Higher User Counts with W2003?

2004-03-10 Thread Mark Johnson
March 10, 2004 12:28 AM Subject: RE: UniVerse on NT vs *nix - Higher User Counts with W2003? > Stephen M. O'Neal, CDP said that "...currently, most W2000 installations > max out at about 300 users." I wonder how often sites that plan for higher > user counts go with a *nix

RE: UniVerse on NT vs *nix - Higher User Counts with W2003?

2004-03-09 Thread Steven M Wagner
Stephen M. O'Neal, CDP said that "...currently, most W2000 installations max out at about 300 users." I wonder how often sites that plan for higher user counts go with a *nix solution to start with? For what it is worth, I had 200 UV9.6.2.8 users on a WinNT 4.0 box. And this was with a Compaq

Re: UniVerse on NT vs *nix

2004-03-09 Thread Results
Sara, As a professional trainer, I can assure you that the cost of training staff in a second O/S is smaller than the cost of lost productivity corporate-wide. Tell them that they are moving from known stability to an unknown. Even if it works, they are facing weeks or months of settling in

Re: UniVerse on NT vs *nix

2004-03-09 Thread John Hester
Sara Burns wrote: The general thinking is that it must be more effective to only have one operating system. Less staff training etc etc etc. As there is so much that is NT based they think that all should be on NT. That includes UniVerse and Oracle. Of course SQLServer doesn't have the choice. T

Re: UniVerse on NT vs *nix

2004-03-09 Thread Sara Burns
The general thinking is that it must be more effective to only have one operating system. Less staff training etc etc etc. As there is so much that is NT based they think that all should be on NT. That includes UniVerse and Oracle. Of course SQLServer doesn't have the choice. The fact that UniVer

RE: UniVerse on NT vs *nix - Higher User Counts with W2003?

2004-03-09 Thread Tom Firl
Firl Columbia Ultimate > -Original Message- > From: Kirkham, Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 2:49 AM > To: U2 Users Discussion List > Subject: RE: UniVerse on NT vs *nix - Higher User Counts with W2003? > > > Now I'm worried

RE: UniVerse on NT vs *nix - Higher User Counts with W2003?

2004-03-09 Thread Stephen O'Neal
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RE: UniVerse on NT vs *nix - Higher User Counts with W2003?

2004-03-09 Thread Kirkham, Simon
x 01823 356329 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen O'Neal Sent: 09 March 2004 09:16 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: UniVerse on NT vs *nix - Higher User Counts with W2003? Yes, currently, most W2000 installations max out at about 300 use

RE: UniVerse on NT vs *nix - Higher User Counts with W2003?

2004-03-09 Thread Stephen O'Neal
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RE: UniVerse on NT vs *nix

2004-03-08 Thread Ken Wallis
Sara Burns wrote: >I am under considerable pressure to convert from UniVerse on >AIX to UniVerse on Windows 2003. > >We have licenses for 320 users and do get up to this number at times >although 300 is more normal. Sara, Perhaps you need to go to those applying the pressure with a confident air

Re: UniVerse on NT vs *nix

2004-03-08 Thread Mark Johnson
My 2 cents: Are the persons applying the pressure MS preferred for its own sake or is it the result of an actual comparison of AIX to W2003. A client of mine bought into an MS app because of the implied greatness of MS only to have a huge disappointment. mark - Original Message - From: "Sa