Re: Sun tries to woo AlphaServer users away from HP

From: Bill Todd (billtodd_at_metrocast.net)
Date: 07/30/03 

Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 14:55:18 -0400

"David Froble" <davef@tsoft-inc.com> wrote in message
news:3F27C67D.5020003@tsoft-inc.com...

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> I have yet to see anything showing how a migration, even if forced in the
> future, would be better now when it's not really clear that such is even
needed.

That's fine for people who can afford to wait and see. It's not so fine for
people who, for whatever reason (e.g., need to upgrade very soon for
performance reasons and desire to do so only once rather than face another
platform change later), must commit to decisions right now that they'll
*really* want to be happy living with for, say, the next decade (as both
Digital and Compaq assured them they would be if they chose Alpha): *those*
people have to decide who they want to spend that decade dealing with, and
they have to decide now.

- bill