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Put me on the purchase list... Ken -----Original Message----- From: Robin Sapiro (Rogers) [mailto:robin.sapiro@rogers.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 9:31 PM To: midrange-l@midrange.com Subject: Re: Cheaper Servers? David, How about this as a survey subject. Would you buy a laptop iSeries. In what price range. What would you do with it Maybe IBM would like some overwhelming feedback on this subject (OK so I am dreaming - but still an interesting survey question) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Bull" <Jeff.Bull@ITM-group.co.uk> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:47 AM Subject: RE: Cheaper Servers? > ... I never mentioned Intel processors, I used the term 'laptop', perhaps I > could have used the term 'portable'. > > At a previous employer the sales/marketing team 'lugged' a model 150 around > the world (!!!) to demonstrate the business applications they had for sale. > The prospects liked to see applications running native, not over a comms > link. The poor little 150 was bashed to bits many times by the airline > baggage handlers, even though it was reasonably protected in a custom made > case. > > A portable AS/400 is what is needed. The electronic guts of a 150/170 style > system could surely be repackaged, perhaps further miniaturised, and made > truly portable, e.g. carried as airline hand-baggage. I bet the component > technology already exists, the casing and marketing ... well IBM ? > > Jeff Bull > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Lang [mailto:aalang@rutgersinsurance.com] > Sent: 09 April 2002 16:25 > To: midrange-l@midrange.com > Subject: Re: Cheaper Servers? > > > 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. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. 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