[Info-vax] RealWorldTech on Poulson

[Paul Sture]

In article <eJGbRD62xss9 at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
 koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) wrote:

> In article <iv0ggs$tj5$1 at solani.org>, Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> 
> writes:
> > Johnny Billquist schrieb:
> > 
> > Maybe. In my part of the universe people flocked to HP
> > like crazy.
> 
>    We had a group like that.  The decision wasn't made by software
>    people, who wanted either VMS or Sun OS.

One trick I've seen successfully employed was to insist that the kit 
bought be able to run a piece of software which is only available on 
your desired platform.

"Yippee we got a VAX instead of an ICL or Nixdorf" (EU funded project).

I'e also seen "forced" purchases end up not able to do the job they were 
supposed to do and ending up with a solitary programmer uselessly 
employed, just to save face about the expenditure involved.

-- 
Paul Sture