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** Reply to message from Ravi <ravi@spacestar.com> on Wed, 27 May 1998 12:05:43 -0500 > The AS/400 is still perceived as a dinasour even among the IT community. > (ex) If you flip through the employment ads in Computerworld, many > RPG openings are listed under the mainframe category. Many of these > ads are probably placed by "technical" recruiters who seem to have no > clue about the technical prowess of the AS/400. To them there are > only 3 job categories : Internet, Client Server and everything else > under "mainframe". I don't expect any computer science graduates > would want to land their first jobs in the "mainframe" world. I guess it is tough to break a perception. After all, IBM has been advertising their mainframes as web servers for years. I have seen the full color ads that show the S/390 web pages etc., but it still seems that they have trouble shaking the green screen image. When AS/400 professionals can't evolve with the system, it doesn't surprise me that the industry perception stays the same. > Ravi Chris Rehm Mr.AS400@ibm.net How often can you afford to be unexpectedly out of business? Get an AS/400. +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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