Crappy code: Was: "Microsoft owns 23 AS/400s"

Heard a great quote from one of the AS/400 database
developers.  He was talking about the AS/400's ability to
run Native batabases, S/36 databases, IFS databases, etc.
and lamenting the poor design that many of these application
databases had:

"We run some some of the crappiest databases ever built, and
run them better than anyone else ever could"

jte

Bob Crothers wrote:
> 
> Simon,
> 
> Actualy,it is no harder to write crappy code on the AS/400 then
> Windows.  In fact, in some respects it is easyier.  Since the OS does
> such a good job of protecting you and is so forgiving.  Crappy code on
> Windows has a nasty habit of crashing the entire machine (or worse).
> 
> Bob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Simon Coulter [SMTP:shc@flybynight.com.au]
> Sent:   Thursday, March 25, 1999 7:09 AM
> To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:        Re: "Microsoft owns 23 AS/400s"
> 
> Hello Denis,
> 
> But remember, it's much harder to write really crappy code on the
> AS/400 because we have a real operating
> system that protects you from yourself!
> 
> I'd like Rochester to use the fact of Microsoft using AS/400s as a
> sales tool.  I'd bet 23 of them aren't
> required for simply 'software distribution'.
> 
> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.
> 
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> //--- forwarded letter
> -------------------------------------------------------
> > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0
> > Date: Thu, 25 Mar 99 04:30:38 -0500
> > From: "Dennis Lovelady" <dennis@lovelady.com>
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: "Microsoft owns 23 AS/400s"
> 
> >
> > Hi, Booth:
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: boothm@ibm.net <boothm@ibm.net>
> > Date: Thursday, March 25, 1999 12:08 AM
> >
> >
> > >In a meeting yesterday a chief scientist with IBM said "Yes,
> > >Microsoft uses still AS/400s. They own 23 of them and are
> > >upgrading to new ones this year."
> > <snip>
> > >He said the programs are all written by Microsoft programmers
> > >and in fact are very well written programs and run extremely well.
> >
> > Hmmm... sounds like what they said about Win3.1 and Win95 and NT and
> ....
> > Hey!  I wonder if they've introduced GPF's to the AS/400 yet?!?!?!
> >
> > OK, back to lurking
> > --
> > Dennis Lovelady                    Simpsonville, SC
> > mail: dennis@lovelady.com
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> >         - Dave Barry
> 
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