Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 13:56:43 -0000
From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com>
Subject: Tidbit - Windows NT Post Office Upgrade...NOT

Keyword: Advocacy, Windows Daymares

This tidbit is from: 

Carl Carter

I work for what shall be a nameless post office; we are upgrading to a 
new system where all the computers AND the clerks machine transactions 
will run through a server and connect to a server at regional 
headquarters. Faster data transfer, easier inventory control, etc...

Well, we now have a large, locked, glass-doored cabinet with a huge 
Digital server, the biggest Back UPS I've seen, and a cheesy 14 inch 
monitor; we also have a lot of cables and machinery in the furnace room. 
Rumor has it that it all cost about fifty thousand dollars. It runs as 
far as loading the Windows NT 4.0 server/Backoffice splash screen then 
dies. Five tech support people from various suppliers have been out this 
week. Still doesn't work!

After the last visit the postmaster was muttering about "two months" in 
an incredulous tone of voice...

Gotta love it!