I know I'm being picky but ......

From: John Smith (a_at_nonymous.com)
Date: 05/18/04 

Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 11:07:46 -0400

At http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/products/clusters/

OpenVMS clusters are headlined as "World's Best Cluster Software".

while at

http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/prodserv/software.html

only HP-UX and Linux are touted as 'High Availability & Disaster Tolerant'
(under the Clusters heading).

The 'High Availability & Disaster Tolerant Solutions' link (under the High
Availability heading) leads only to HP-UX.

Truth in advertising (which HP seldom seems to deal with...you figure out
which I'm refering to) would seem to dictate that disaster tolerance & high
availability ought to be promoted thusly on the HP site:

Best Choice - OpenVMS or NSK depending on your needs, recovery times in
seconds, geographic distribution requirements, and a desire to keep your
data 'clean' and consistent.

Better Choice - Tru64, if you are looking for a unix solution today

Good Choice - HP-UX today, perhaps eventually a Better Choice

You Need Your Head Examined Choice - Linux, Windows

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