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James W Kilgore wrote:
> 
> Will Netfinity and the AS/400 meld in the next millennium as a new
> product?  What does Netfinity bring to the table that the AS/400 does
> not have?
 
Not likely.. "maybe" RS/6000 & 400 but the Netfinity will attach via
fiber optic(already been announced)

> 
> Does IBM's interest in Linux play a role here?

NO... too many versions and NO financial gain to IBM
> 
> The 5250 data stream was created when processors where slow and it
> optimized the hardware of the day. Do you think that this will be dumped
> when 1000mhz processors are the norm and JAVA can give comparable
> response times we achieve today?

Not likely...would obsolete billions of lines of code... JAVA might have
a place in the future and maybe not(depends on what's hot "next"
time)...
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