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From: david@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (David Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: Sun/4 for accounting software (not IBM!)
Keywords: Software
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Date: 16 Feb 90 04:51:03 GMT
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In article <5011@brazos.Rice.edu> nova!hart@decwrl.dec.com (Howard C. Hart) writes:
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<In article <4531@brazos.Rice.edu> mtm@igor.philips.com (Marie McCall) writes:
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<>*PLEASE HELP ME CONVINCE THE CONTROLLER SUN IS THE WAY TO GO, NOT IBM!!*
<>
<>We are currently considering purchasing a Sun/4 to run interactive A/P,
<>G/L, labor distribution, job cost system, and Fixed Assets.  We are
<
<Unfortunetly, I'd tend to argue the other way. I'm no fan of IBM's, but
<the one thing they do do right is transaction processing and accounting.
<Sun fails pretty miserably in that department.

As a point of fact, Sun uses an IBM to do their MIS processing.  They used
to use an HP 3000 but upgraded last year and lost a bunch of money.  I
would have to agree that there is just not enough good MIS software for a
Sun out there.

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