lucy@rochester.UUCP (Yu Lin) (03/04/85)
ReCCCCCC q > > > Don't cut SPERRY too short too fast! They make a good computer. > I have put in four years on a couple different UNIVAC computers > and enjoyed the experience very much. Unless the school you are > planning on going to is a real dog, than you won't ever see a > card. > After working on UNIVAC, IBM, HONEYWELL, VAX, and my Macintosh, > I think I would rate the UNIVAC about third, right after VAX and > right before > IBM for ease of use, although DEC never did figure out what a tape was! > SPERRY is selling very well, and many large corporations are now using > UNIVAC computers. (NIKE, LEVIES STROUSE,THE OREGONION (Portland morning > newspaper), etc) Of, cource the main buyer is still the government , > which just last year signed the largest contract for computer hardware > and software ever ordered by the government, The Air Force is going > to put a UNIVAC at every Air Force base in the world. > > Your main consideration should be the quality of the University, and > Instruction that you will recieve, but, no matter how many computers > SPERRY sells IBM still owns the market and, at least in our life- > times, always will. If you want to work for a large company > as a Programmer/Analyst, any IBM experience will help tremendously. > > On the other hand, if your interested in becoming a Software > Engineer,(a much more interesting occupation as you can only > write a couple of financial reports before you go bonkers!!) > you need to find some place that has a VAX with UNIX and > access to ARPA-net. > > > > > Hope this helps instead of confuses. GOOD LUCK! > > > > Chris Ebaugh > Tektronix, Wilsonville, OR > tektronix!iddic!chrism > > > P.S. COBOL SUCKS!