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> Here again ... MARKETING. Check this out: We have Windows 98, and soon Windows > 2000 (how soon is "soon"? ha ha). > > So they APPEAR new. > > Perhaps the AS/400 should be reinvented as ... I dunno ... AS/2000? Or at >least > OS/2000 for the operating system. > > Perception; it sells. and here all along, keeping the as/400 name was called 'protecting your investment'. i could get really testy about that, but it, uh, ticks me off that you have businesses that think nothing of buying a new fleet of p/c's, but at the same time, are angry that ibm just didn't make the 36 to where you could turn it into an as/400, etc. hello, sometime's technology is so old, you have to ditch the old. but ibm has done a good job of keeping the as/400 upgradable. nj +--- | 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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