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- Organization: Academic User Services, The University of Akron
- Message-ID: <IBM-MAIN%92100710014936@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 09:47:38 EDT
- Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion list <IBM-MAIN@RICEVM1.BITNET>
- From: Gary Sponseller <SPONSELL@AKRONVM.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: PLSORT versus SYNCSORT
- In-Reply-To: Message of Wed, 7 Oct 1992 08:42:34 EST from <SPDW@NMUMUS>
- Lines: 59
-
- On Wed, 7 Oct 1992 08:42:34 EST Donn Wolf, Systems Programmer said:
- >Brad,
- >
- >We recently talked to both Syncsort and Plisort. Plisort was
- >significantly cheaper. After telling Syncsort they were out of the
- >ballpark pricewise, they came back and matched Plisort's price. By that
- >time, we decided to go with Plisort and be done with it. Plisort's offer
- >also included a perpetual license. Not so with Syncsort. By the way,
- >this was the VM flavor of the products. When things settle down around
- >here I may look at the MVS product also.
- >
- >The rumor that Phase Linear is experiencing financial trouble may be
- >true. When talking with Syncsort, that was about the only reason they
- >could come up with to purchase their product and not Plisort. The
- >support we have received from Phase Linear has not been a problem. In
- >fact, it's been pretty good. Not that we've had technical problems, just
- >questions.
-
- Please be careful about what competing vendors say of their competitors!
- Put it into the proper perspective... they want your business!
- Also, remember that others may read your mail and believe the "rumor"
- that may not be substantiated. :-(
-
- We chose PLSORT over Syncsort to replacing our CA-SORT a year or so ago.
- PLSORT has worked out quite well for us.
-
- Here's an article to IBM-MAIN earlier this year that was in response
- to Synsort's claim that PLSORT was failing:
-
- *Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1992 16:12:25 LCL
- *Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@AKRONVM.BITNET>
- *Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@AKRONVM.BITNET>
- *From: "Peter L. Jepson" <PLJEPSON@SUVM.BITNET>
- *Subject: Phase Linear Systems - Update
- *
- *Here's the official response from Phase Linear Systems on the PLSORT
- *bad press...
- *----------------------------Original message----------------------------
- * After talking to the PLSORT people about the recent negative press release
- *in the Wall Street Journal I received the follow response in letter form from
- *Lawrence Glassman, Executive V. P. at PLS.
- *
- *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- *You may have seen or heard of a recent press release mentioning Phase Linear
- *Systems as a discontinued business. This does not refer to PLSORT, but rather
- *two unrelated products that may be sold in the future.
- *
- *On the PLSORT front, we are improving and enhancing our products as we strive
- *to continue offering you the best sort/merge products available in the
- *industry. Our goal in 1992 include providing our customers with the level of
- *marketing and technical support that made us number 1 in the IBEX customer
- *survey two
- *years in a row.
- *
- *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * This reassurance was good news to me....I had visions of ending up with
- *CA-SORT2
-