Everhart, Glenn
From:	r.e.ballard@usa.net
Sent:	Wednesday, July 15, 1998 10:18 PM
To:	Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject:	Re: NT Meltdowns/Disasters; Documented Examples needed
In article <35a56f19.868279549@199.217.9.201>,
  LBohan@dbc.spam_less..com (Larry D Bohan, Jr) wrote:
>
> Title says it all;
>
> Could  *really* use some good examples of sites
> where NT caused serious problems for the business.
>
> especially Pointers to URL's, and trade press articles,

The first problem is that most NT customers are covered by a slew
of Nondisclosure agreements that only allow Microsoft to take credit
for the good stuff.

The day that the NYSE sold 1 billion shares (I can't remember which day,
but you can look it up in a newswire archive).  The second day, all
of the brokerages said "No Problem", everything worked fine.  The
following day - you can look up the SEC filings for the number of
brokerages who had to pay fines and settlement fees.  Merril Lynch
paid $10 million in penalties.

Now, correlate those back to the brokerages that have announced
a strong alliance with NT.  In addition, look for brokerages who
were advertizing need for NT gurus in the previous 3-6 months to
get a sense of how many they needed.

Note also that following every high-volume day, ads from UNIX based
brokerages are advertising their superior service and reliable execution.
These are carried on Blumberg Radio and Television.  You should be able
to get the FCC logs.

> but even anecdotes, rumors, war stories, and pointers
> to USEnet ramblings would help;  possibly they could be tracked
> down to something authoritative.   Stories of so-and-so
> site tried this on NT, but had to give up, and reimplement on
> <..insert name of your favorite ...> OS

I can only tell stories for which my non-disclosures have expired.
(I've waited two years to tell it)  it's on my web site

http://www.access.digex.net/~rballard/autobiography/Auto07.htm

> i expect this sort of thing to be hard to find, as most
> companies , people who survived IS disasters,
> (or got canned ..) tend to be real closed-mouthed about it,

If anyone says "no one ever got fired for choosing Microsoft", they
are either living in a cave, or have no "real world experience".
I've done pretty well cleaning up the mess that Microsoft left behind.
In fact, I can often see when a company is in trouble with Microsoft
and ready to explore "alternatives".

> if not actually contractually forbidden to say anything.
> ie, it's not a thing to shouted from the roof-tops.

Like I say, I had non-disclosure agreements that kept me on a gag
from 1993 to 1997.

Even now, you couln't get Dow Jones to tell the "War Stories", but they
are "Very Happy HP/9000 customers".

Rex Ballard - http://www.access.digex.net/~rballard


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