Cognos coversion from mainframe to P

[Jon Hawks]

So, to emphasize the 'inevitable' clause, if you have
to be saddled with a Unix box, the hp 9000's are part
of the family and part of the suggestion to
'consider'.
However, I do appreciate all of us who have been
'vax-inated'.  I too became a fan of DEC.  I really
enjoyed their editor's, the finest I've known.  I
loved their simplicity and depth of technical
lexical's and such. But, she's faced with a SUN. 
Don't get me wrong, I like Scott Mcnealy.  It's just
that if I were going to be looking at Unix, and I own
an HP3000, I'd still look to the hp 9000's.  What
seems out of focus, here, is your paradigm about the
hp9000's.  I believe that you might have problems,
but, I don't know why they aren't resolved.  

I once met a contractor, who managed other
contractor's at a healthcare facility.  He would get
people fired because they were weird.  He once accused
me of generating printed technical documents he'd
never seen in his life! They were header/footer
banner's from MPEX and some from Qedit.  Since he'd
been on hp for 9 years I thought he might have known
what they were.  He didn't and I got accused of
wrong-doing because he just didn't know.  And they
thought he was an expert!  

So far, I found among our peers that the last,
well-known system that we are experts on, is usually
the latest and greatest technology in the industry. 
Even when we are weird we can cite our great status by
telling others about our technical prowess and proudly
display our horn of honor.  

Anyway, I can only say that of the ibm 33xx, 309x,
as/400, rs 6000, s/34, s/36, s/38, honeywell, hp, dec,
burroughs, univac, unisys, mohawk, cdc, compaq, dell,
ncr, amdahl, sequoia, bull, pyramid, xerox sigma vi,
texas instrument 990, hhhhhhhhhhhhh-big breath---,
britton-lee, vip, nec, macintosh, apple, sun, data
general, at&t, tandem, radio shack, cascade concept,
et al, computers that I've been on, they all start to
look the same.  they all suck, at some point, usually
when I'm learning them.  they all start looking
better, when I get to know them.  they all crash.  So,
I just wanted to let you know that since this
week,when I spinning up on PICK, it sucks.  but, i
believe i'll like it later.  

But, I will share this opinion with you, about a very
important piece of gear, we need.  Shoes.  Man, I
can't find a comfortable pair of shoes.


--- Richard Witkopp <witkopp@idt.com> wrote:
> > The last few e-mail's aside, I would consider the
> > inevitable and think over what it would be like in
> the
> > new environment.  Skill sets,administrative costs,
> > efforts, etc.  Be in the future environment and
> > discuss this with cohorts.  Here,even. There's a
> few
> > good speculators that can draw the picture of this
> > environment and put a cost figure to it.  Also,
> you'll
> > have think over the benefits.  
> > 
> > I would consider convincing the folks behind the
> push
> > to Unix, to consider the HP 9000 series and stay
> with
> > a single vendor if possible.  
> 
> Ugh! The HP 9000's that we've recently acquired have
> been
> nothing but trouble. There hasn't been a 3 week
> period gone
> by where they haven't crashed, broken, or otherwise
> had
> problems. Not to mention HP-UX is a little "weird".
> 
> Wishing for the good ole Vaxen days....
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