Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!rutgers!ub!canisius!pavlov
From: pavlov@canisius.UUCP (Greg Pavlov)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: VMS vs Ultrix
Keywords: DEC VMS Ultrix RISC
Message-ID: <2939@canisius.UUCP>
Date: 18 Oct 90 01:24:25 GMT
References: <252@coh.UUCP>
Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo N.Y. 14208
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In article <252@coh.UUCP>, rzelman@coh.UUCP (R. Zelman) writes:
> We are currently in the process of evaluating a fundraising package for our
> medical center.  The database will consist of over 1 million records.  There
> will be approximately 50 on-line terminals with heavy inquiry into the database.The vendor is proposing 2 systems:
> 1) A VAX 6000 running VMS
> 2) A RISC 5800 running Ultrix
> 
  Your salesman must really want to sell you VMS :-)      


  Seriously, though, if you do wish to pursue ULTRIX and you want to go with
  a single central machine,  I would insist that DEC offer (and let you test)
  the upcoming 5500. 


  greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny
  pavlov@stewart.fstrf.org