Home A striking aspect of this quarter s analysis is the great distance Compaq has put between itself and the competition when it comes to parts availability, scalability, server management and overall hardware reliability. Mark Sundt chief technology officer Haystack Toy Co. We use Compaq for mission-critical things like the electronic communication network and order routing. We use Gateway in instances of quote delivery where we have massive redundancy and the reliability of a specific machine doesn't matter too much. You can't sell software products to developers.
Developers have very specific requirements and purchase only the tools that meet their needs.
They tell us what they need and we must deliver. It is great. Colo. I have mainly been dealing with Windows 9.X, which doesn't have any security unless you are talking third-party tools. I believe Windows 2000 runs a lot better and runs a lot smoother. I mean, you can't beat it for a laptop environment.