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- From: ldp@pkyn.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Lyle Parkyn)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: NeXT vs. Mainframes...
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.064542.1943@pkyn.questor.wimsey.bc.ca>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 06:45:42 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.182304.1417@pkyn.questor.wimsey.bc.ca>
- Sender: ldp@pkyn.questor.wimsey.bc.ca
- Reply-To: ldp@pkyn.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Lyle Parkyn)
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- Organization: V-NUS (Vancouver NeXT Users Society)
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- In article <1992Jul21.182304.1417@pkyn.questor.wimsey.bc.ca>
- ldp@pkyn.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Lyle Parkyn) writes:
- > In article <1992Jul18.183940.29052@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
- > aj681@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Carlin Wiegner) writes:
- > >
- > > ok, guys....
- > > I have a friend who is in a position to help make a 6,000 person
- > > company (every person has a computer, thus 6,000 machines! big
- > > big deal!) switch from their IBM mainframes over to NeXTs. The
- > > only problem is I need help coming up with a good presentation
- > > to give to president/ceo/owner of the company to form a comittee.
- > > I know NeXTs are for them (they will still need a VAX or two to
- > > do some of the insurance processing but in general I think they
- > > can switch over... Please, I think this kind of deal would not
- > > only help out the company (they do a lot of mission critical
- > > apps) but also give NeXT a big deal to break through the MIS
- > > types... Thanx ahead of time... Please post responses I think
- > > this discussion would benefit from an open forum basis. This
- > > will show how far NeXT has really come and how far they have
- > > to go...
- > > CW
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- If this is a serious possibility and not just well intentioned enthusiastic
- dreaming on you or your friends part (no slight intended) then you must get
- NeXT (the company) involved. This would be an extremely large undertaking on
- the customers part and they need serious guidance from experienced people.
- Putting together a deal like this requires major resources and experience and
- even NeXT will be scrambling to pull this off.
-
- If you really want NeXT to stand a chance of getting this deal it is not, I
- repeat, not something for an amateur to attempt. NeXT Computer Inc. has done
- lots of presentations to big companies and know how to handle these situations.
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