Re: Windows BSOD vs. AS/400

I agree Walden, except for the:

<"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." >

part :-) that is what they are SUPPOSED to do but don't always do that in 
reality
(I speak from experience - MC on the 3rd party drives at conflict with the
system...), so that just FURTHER illustrates what you say ;-) !

Chuck

"Walden H. Leverich" wrote:

> 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:
>
> --- Snip ---
>
> <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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