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Nope. Doubt it would work. Part of AS/400 (and Mac for that point too) robustness is the fact of a limited set of hardware to support. If you have IBM developing OS/400 for Intel AND the millions of hardware possible, it will tank. Adam Lang Systems Engineer Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company http://www.rutgersinsurance.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@attbi.com> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:20 AM Subject: RE: Cheaper Servers? > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > >
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