ARMAND%BCVMS.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu (11/11/88)
I have been asked to analyze/evaluate Sun and Apollo workstation offerings and
to determine the extent of their ability or inability to fit into our
environment in technical terms(i.e. communication interfaces, network/
multi-vendor compatability issues, etc.), considering also each company's
position in the marketplace and the direction they intend to take in the
future.
I am hopeful that I can benefit from similar work that has been done by
others and avoid costly mistakes. I would be very interested in hearing about
your dealings with these machines, i.e. successful integration projects or any
horror stories you think appropriate. I am specifically interested in the
following issues.
* compatability with other flavors of *UNIX*
* network compatability with other vendors (ex. DEC, IBM, Sun, Apple, etc.)
* price/performance
* vendor support
* company's direction in workstation market (X support and other OSF standards)
* personal preferences
* any other comments?
Feel free to call (collect if you wish) if you're not up to typing a response,
but please do respond! I'm counting on you guys!
Armand Doucette
VAX Systems Programmer
Boston College
BITNET: ARMAND@BCVMS
TELE: (617)552-4463Chris_Wong.Wbst208@xerox.com (11/15/88)
I don't have any information, but when you get it a posting to the net would be much appreciated.