RE: Windows BSOD vs. AS/400

Chuck,

I'd say that the OS and MI have a lot to do with it, but the reason IBM can
control these so well is that they control the hardware. If IBM had to
support hardware _designed_ by 3rd parties I think the OS and MI would be
less stable. I know that there is 3rd party hardware (EMC jumps to mind) but
unless I'm wrong these look and smell like IBM hardware at the interface
level. 

-Walden

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Lewis [mailto:clewis@iquest.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 7:19 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Windows BSOD vs. AS/400


Walden H. Leverich wrote:

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<while NT's main design constraint is stability, >

And the reason FOR that stability is the CORE of NT is OS/2...

<I've seen many NT/2000 machines on Compaq and Dell equipment that have
uptimes
of well over a year between reboots and then they are rebooted to install
software upgrades.>

In my experience, Novell servers (running MORE than one app) are MUCH more
stable
than an NT Server (running one...). Don't have any experience with 2000,
yet...
But with Novell Servers, NT Servers and AS/400's sitting in the same room,
they
all had problems in a given time span. AS/400 was disk drive issues, Novell
was
hardware related and NT was software, drivers AND hardware in that order...

<The 400 is a stable machine BECAUSE IBM controls the hardware. Period!>

Come on Walden, there is a LITTLE more to it than that :-) don't you think ?
I am
NOT disagreeing that controlling everything hurts but the OS and MI are VERY
important too :-) !

Chuck

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