RE: Processor speed

And the answer repeatedly comes up.  Don't buy your own AS/400.  
Timeshare instead.  All upgrades are done, you don't fall behind, 
total nirvana.  The thing you lose is the knowledge of setting up 
the 400 and maybe some knowledge picked up by doing http configuration 
and what not.  You have to figure out what you are marketing and 
testing.  If you need the knowledge from digging down into the nitty 
gritty of performance tuning, http config's and what not then you 
might have to buy/lease your own.  Or talk to your timeshare rep and 
see how far you can get.





noerick.norcal@cleancity.com on 04/26/2000 05:18:23 PM
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You could buy a used 40S with a compiler for around 10K.  This is 
comparable to the cost of a robust WinTel server.  This is perhaps overkill 
for a one man development shop but it would be cool.

On Tuesday, April 25, 2000 4:55 AM, Colin Williams 
[SMTP:colin.williams@technocrats.co.uk] wrote:
| "the AS/400 has minimal ability to compete in the entry-level market for
| developers"
|
| I think we knew this, you have to pay through the nose to get the decent
| development tools for the AS/400, and for the AS/400 itself, which
| means developers find it unaffordable unless they have to backing of an
| established company.
|
| Theres no way I as an individual can afford to buy a '400 and the
| various tools I need to create a whizz-bang utility, tool or app.
| Thats why i'm learning C++, and soon Java and Visual Basic on a PC,
| because I can afford to buy those tools, and if I can't I can beg or
| borrow. People will lend me a PC and some software for a few weeks or
| months.
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