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

[JF Mezei]

BillPedersen wrote:

> The loss of data on the T-Mobile Sidekick network is due to a "massive
> server failure".  Servers run by Microsoft/Danger. I do believe that a
> server environment running OpenVMS is much less likely to have a
> "massive server failure" than one based on MS products. 

Statitics may be produced to show the above to be true. HOWEVER, it does
not mean this is the real cause.

A shop choosing VMS over MS hype might have more maturity and better
experience at setting up reliable servers. It isn't really because VMS
is better, it could be because it has more experienced staff and is
willing to spend more to ensure it has the pre-requisite hardware to do
backups etc etc.

I suspect that the Windows servers that have been setup and being
maintained by former VMS experts are probably far more reliable and
secure than Windows servers setup by Windows weenies too young to know
what VMS or a VAX is.