RE: AS/400 Brand Name

Just to add a note about 1.reliability, 2.reliability, and 3.reliability.  I
have an old AS400 9402/200 @ V3R2M0 that went over 14 months before an IPL.
We only IPL'd because the power failed until the ups died.  When the power
came back on, the 400 IPL'd and ran normally.  Now the applications have
been changed, in fact we were using it for testing.  This box performs 10%
of our transaction processing traffic.  All our files are mirrored to it -
real time.  Its transactions are mirrored back to our main system - real
time.  Hell the AS400 just keeps on working.  Now how is that for
reliability?

Christopher K. Bipes    mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com
Sr. Programmer/Analyst  mailto:Chris_Bipes@Yahoo.com
CrossCheck, Inc.                http://www.cross-check.com
6119 State Farm Drive   Phone: 707 586-0551 x 1102
Rohnert Park  CA  94928 Fax: 707 586-1884






-----Original Message-----
From: System Support Products, Inc. [mailto:sspi@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 7:35 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: AS/400 Brand Name


Hank,

At 1:08 AM -0400 8/19/99, HankHeath@aol.com wrote:
>Al exaggerates only slightly  to make a point. However, the AS/400 as a
brand
>is losing clout - no doubt. However, the move may be to strengthen IBM as a
>brand, instead. To those who worship the AS/400 religion (I was one once),
>this is painful. However, the brand has run its course.

    The only reason that the AS/400 brand has run its course is 
because IBM has let it.  Brands don't wear out as they get used, they 
get stronger - think Kleenex, Coke, etc.

    Yesterday, I was talking with a customer about the AS/400 vs. NT, 
and I mentioned to him that in the 12 years I've been using OS/400, 
it has never crashed on me.  Yes, jobs abort and sometimes things 
don't work right, but even though we develop software on our machines 
they have never died*.  THIS is what the AS/400 brand should mean and 
how it should be marketed, period.  In today's server world the top 3 
things should be 1.reliability, 2.reliability, and 3.reliability. 
Look at all the well-publicized failures over at eBay and eTrade.

(* OK, so we IPL daily and maybe that keeps us out of trouble)
    Regards,

    - Lou Forlini
      Software Engineer
      System Support Products, Inc.
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