Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!sprite!montnaro From: montnaro@sprite.steinmetz (Skip Montanaro) Newsgroups: misc.wanted,comp.sys.dec,misc.invest Subject: Re: Insurance Company Software Search Message-ID: <6798@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Jul-87 07:57:16 EDT Article-I.D.: steinmet.6798 Posted: Fri Jul 24 07:57:16 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 14:15:13 EDT References: <16032@gatech.edu> Sender: root@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP Reply-To: montnaro@sprite.steinmetz (Skip Montanaro) Distribution: na Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 16 Xref: mnetor misc.wanted:1199 comp.sys.dec:301 misc.invest:831 In article <16032@gatech.edu> win@gatech.edu (Win Strickland Jr) writes: >A friend of mine is interested in aquiring DEC Vaxstations to support >a new insurance company (property and casualty) but doesn't know what >types of software would be available to run under either Ultrix or VMS. Why restrict yourself to DEC hardware? It seems logical that if you know what kind of software you want that the logical thing to do is find the software and purchase the machine it runs on. Much easier than the other way 'round, where you must badger the software vendor to port to your machine. Even worse, you may wid up having to pay for the port. Skip| ARPA: montanaro@ge-crd.arpa Montanaro| UUCP: montanaro@desdemona.steinmetz.ge.com "How sweet it is!" -- The Great One