Hi Mark, The major difference between UV/nix and UV/nt is that UV/nt has no print spooler - none whatsoever.
There is an hold file, but no queues. All print jobs are sent directly to the Windows spooler associated with the Windows printer to which they are directed. Once sent (spooled) to the Windows printer, you lose all control over the print job from UV. UV/nix does have a spooler, so moving to UV/nt will require a complete reorientation of their printing strategies, retraining of personnel and rewrite of all processes in which print commands (eg. SETPTR, SPOOL) are imbedded. <not an ad> If they have to move to a Windows platform and if they have to have a print spooler, SpoolerPlus will give them a generic Pick print spooler on UV/nt. But, it won't look anything like their current UV/nix print spooler (SP-ASSIGN, STARTPTR, etc. vs. SETPTR, SPOOL, etc.). </not ad ad> If they use any SCO-based software outside of UV (communication, spreadsheets, reporting, etc), replacing that functionality will also be a purchase and integration expense. There are a number of UV/nix experts on this list who can confirm this, but I understand that nix requires less hardware resources than Windows OSs. Plus, they're used to a nix environment, so SCO or Linux may be the easiest transition for them. Can they just move their whole computing environment up to a faster box - SCO, UV and everything else? >From what I know, I think I would recommend that they stay with SCO or Linux. If they do move to Windows, you can install UV on XP/Pro, W2000 Pro, W2000 Server, W2003 Server. XP/Pro is the least expensive and requires the least in hardware resources. We have a number of installations on UV/nt and one on UV/aix. Please feel free to call me if you would like to discuss this further. Rgds, Dave Dave Taylor CEO Sysmark Information Systems, Inc. 49 Aspen Way Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275) (O) 310-544-1974 (C) 310-561-5200 (F) 310-377-3550 www.sysmarkinfo.com Your Source for Integrated EDI Translation, DataSync Integration and Software Migration Authorized IBM Business Partner ----- Original Message ----- From: "MAJ Programming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 5:17 AM Subject: [U2] New UV system <snip> ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
