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From: garry@LASSPVAX.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Garry Wiegand)
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Subject: Re: Need system with 180 users accessing 1 database
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In a recent article Jim Bauman of System Industries said:
>
>	I know little about IBM mainframes, but here is a solution
>	to the problem for VAX or PDP-11 users.
> 
>... [long description of System Industries product follows]
>

Two comments:

1) Everyone contributes financially to keep this network alive; one of the
   generally agreed rules is that people DON'T want to be supporting direct
   advertising. It's hard to resist - I know I'd love to be able to talk 
   about my own software. You have to hope that one of your customers will 
   be inspired to bring you up independently.

2) The solution offered seems crude compared with the speediness, transparency,
   and record-locking abilities of a VAX cluster running VMS. There have been
   rumors in here recently of a "poor man's" cluster machine: a microvax III.
   (Query: Does DEC (or anyone) support Unx on a cluster?)

garry wiegand