[TriLUG] Unisys issue

[Marty Ferguson]

HAHAHAHA

gotta love it.   The facts fit the frame.

M
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Jon Carnes wrote:

>On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 04:58, Bob Evans wrote:
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>>Well, from '96 to '99 I worked at a large bank in
>>charlotte, nc, that ran a "green screen" unix app with
>>750-900 users, hooks into Carmax, 3 credit bureaus,
>>data entry in El Paso(actually into Mexico but dont
>>say I said that), and they hated it, too. Ran faster
>>than a beast, but they wan't a Wintel solution. 
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>>They used it for dealer loans. Dealer loan is where
>>you get your car finaced at the dealership, as opposed
>>to a direct loan, where you go to your bank branch 1st
>>and cut a check.
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>>Anyway, this thing ran 24x7, with an average turn
>>around time for a loan application of under 5 minutes.
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>>Today they are in beta 13 of the Wintel solution.
>>Average time for a loan app: 45 minutes. That bank is
>>fast losing the dealer loan market because they
>>thought the green screens were ugly...
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>>And before you ask, yes, I said I could screen-scrape
>>the green screens to either a web app or windows, for
>>next to nothing, but they said thanks, no thanks, kept
>>me on for 6 months & a $10K stay bonus, and opted for
>>the modern solution.
>>
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>One thing that is apparent from the proliferation of Windows in this
>world: the world doesn't beat a path to your door because you *have* a
>better mouse trap; it beats a path to your door because they *believe*
>you have a better mouse trap.
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>To paraphrase a good friend of mine, Appearance becomes their Reality. 
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>There is no reason that the windows app should take longer. Most of the
>processing should occur on the back-end systems. A few database lookups,
>some comparison's of values, and then the raw data should come spewing
>back to the Wintel box.
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>Anybody can build a crappy database or lousy interconnects (especially
>if they put all their money into the front-end of the application).
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>Jon
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