Re: NT vs AS/400

Thanks Vance
Part of the reason I have gone cold on the AS/400 is Project
Lightening which showed great promise died.
Anyway Im not the only one( I can name two "big names" in the AS/400 scene
that have gone over to MS SQL Server you can find them at www.sqlmag.com

BTW there is a very good Wrox Press book which has a chapter devoted to
DB2/400
Professional ASP Data Access     ISBN    1861003927
details at www.wrox.com . One of the previous posters said that you
can make a living just by being an expert in one area of the AS/400
and you can do that with MS. Wrong take a look at the Wrox Press
site and you will see why .

Dave




----- Original Message -----
From: Vance Stanley <w_vance_stanley@yahoo.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: NT vs AS/400


> David,
>   I agree Microsoft takes a bunch of flak on this
> board
> as does IBM and it tends to be an IBM board. I
> personally don't believe there are any good guys or
> bad guys in this debate. However, I wonder what your
> speed comparison between the compaq and the 400 would
> be like in a real life situation with multiple TCPIP
> workstation connections. Meaning when more than one
> person is trying to connect and or access data from
> your Compaq or AS400. I don't know that it will make a
> difference but it is a thought. After all the real
> strength in the AS400 architecture is its ability to
> handle more than one task. You may argue that NT does
> this as well but It would hard to convince me that it
> does so based on the platform comparisons you have
> described.
>
> All horse dung aside have a good one!
>
> Vance
>
>
>
> --- David Bulog <d2ba@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> > One Client to one Server.In a loop via ADO.
> > I have both machines at home in the bedroom as
> > toys.I purchased the model500
> > a couple of years ago for the intention of playing
> > with the Project
> > Lightening toolkit.
> > I like the 500 its just the Compaq rack from the
> > same period seems
> > a lot faster.
> > Microsoft takes a lot of flak from some of the
> > posters on this list rather
> > unfairly at times:
> > This is not that unusual. If you consider that a
> > particular system
> > represents a personal choice, many developers are
> > frantic to support their
> > choice of career path-regardless of the reality of
> > the situation. One is
> > often willing to overlook the problems with one's
> > own family but eager to
> > point out the problems of others. It's human nature.
> >
> > David
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Vance Stanley <w_vance_stanley@yahoo.com>
> > To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 10:49 AM
> > Subject: Re: NT vs AS/400
> >
> >
> > > David,
> > >
> > >  Just curious, how did you test this?
> > >
> > >  Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Vance
> > >
> > > --- David Bulog <d2ba@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> > > > My Compaq Proliant Server quad PPRO 200mhz,512
> > meg
> > > > ram
> > > > Windows2000 AS, SQL Server 2000 leaves my AS/400
> > > > Model500,2625 Ethernet Card
> > > > V3R7 128meg ram in the dust for database
> > connections
> > > > over TCP/IP
> > > >
> > > > Dave Bulog
> > > > MCP
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Chuck Lewis <clewis@iquest.net>
> > > > To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 12:13 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: NT vs AS/400
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > THAT's what I was looking for John, thanks :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > Chuck
> > > > >
> > > > > I think that may be
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/conslt/dhb.htm
> > > > >
> > > > > It's a  "b"   not a "d"     on the end.
> > > > >
> > > > > John Carr
> > > > >
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