tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285729513030543746.post7212747469423604144..comments2024-03-27T00:26:40.551-07:00Comments on Real Time View: Niches open and niches close and yet the versatile NonStop prevails!Richard Bucklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17723428627971060930noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285729513030543746.post-78649869746135677452015-01-20T18:22:33.918-08:002015-01-20T18:22:33.918-08:00Excellent article Richard! While NonStop continues...Excellent article Richard! While NonStop continues to survive in several niche markets, Microsoft continues to convince high -availability and -scaleability COTS offerngs to migrate their applications. The current belief that "just good enough" is the state of the art is replacing the experience Tandem/NonStop and other vendors have worked so hard to develop.<br /><br />I am now in the utility sector (CTO) and the mission critical applications I require (and am purchasing) are no longer available in UNIX, Linux, zOS or of course NonStop.<br /><br />To further Scott's comment, the "new" applications developed today are being built with a (Microsoft) PC mindset. Hopefully the next generation NonStop will offer not just a good entry point, but also bridging tools and quick-start programs to exploit native NonStop attributes.Stephan Amsbaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486616450341658957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285729513030543746.post-26029768204907247272014-12-09T11:53:07.261-08:002014-12-09T11:53:07.261-08:00Given that a good many new applications start out ...Given that a good many new applications start out on a commodity Linux server (or desktop/laptop) cost/scalability is a bit of a conundrum. NonStop will likely not come out with a product that competes with Linux on a laptop, but should definitely seek to make the migration from there to a fault tolerant, scalable NonStop easier.Scott Healynoreply@blogger.com