Electronic delivery can save you $$$ if you have state sales tax. Tapes may get to be real interesting in the near future. IBM has withdrawn service for the 3490s that fit in an ATL (I think all models). There may still be a standalone model that you can get service for. That leaves 3590 and 3592 which are incompatible. I use 3590 for the VTS back end and 3592 in the ATL (migrating from 3490). If I don't get an external 3490 my only option is 3592. For a vendor that could be an expensive proposition. For sales tax purposes we always do electronic delivery if we can get it.
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