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Buck, I would differentiate between an entry level server and a personal version of OS/400. One of the reasons that IBM gives for not pushing iSeries solutions in their consulting business is that they have difficulty recruiting recent college graduates with OS/400 experience. One of the reasons many managers would not consider an iSeries is that they've never used one. If a very-low-cost personal version of the system was available for an Intel platform, perhaps with a client limit of one, then college students could use the system and gain the familiarity that none of them have. I can think of no other way to make OS/400 ubiquitous, given the circumstances of the marketplace. Andy Nolen-Parkhouse > John Carr wrote: > > > If we share the same hardware, and IBM OWNS OS/400 and AIX > > and they are putting relatively the same R&D money into both, > > > > Should the iSeries cost the same as a pSeries ( +/- a few $) ?? > > I briefly spoke with Dr Soltis at the recent Northeast IBM Conference. I > asked him to put OS/400 on a laptop to distribute to universities. He > told > me that he floated the idea and nobody was interested, including COMMON. > Apparently, if IBM can't find demand, they're disinclined to fire up a > production line to create dumpster-filler. > > This may be an opportunity for us to tell Rochester that we're interested > in > a low-cost OS/400. > --buck
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