[Info-vax] One wonders why people bet their companies on Microsoft based products...

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In article <ta2Bm.142582$Y83.59984 at newsfe21.iad>, "John Vottero" <John at MVPSI.COM> writes:
>"BillPedersen" <pedersen at ccsscorp.com> wrote in message 
>news:24aed94d-39ea-418a-8e57-33a04c440452 at s31g2000yqs.googlegroups.com...
>> The current debacle of T-Mobile and Microsoft/Danger (what a name) and
>> the loss of personal data on some 800,000 Sidekick PDAs is without a
>> doubt another example of why people should only bet their businesses
>> on systems time tested and shown to be reliable - OpenVMS being the
>> obvious candidate.  The story can be found here:
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=8306
>
>You can't fix stupid.  The rumor mill says that the upgrade of a Hitachi SAN 
>failed which is when they discovered that there wasn't a backup.  The 
>boneheads running this place could screw up anything, even OpenVMS.
>
>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/11/sidekick-failure-rumors-point-fingers-at-outsourcing-lack-of-ba/

M$ will, of course, blame Hitachi and not their own ASSininity.


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