RE: Mac is the AS/400 of Desktop Computing per Dvorak

I'll add to that:  I'd LOVE to see IBM do the same concept advertising
that Apple is doing now.  As I recall, the same kind of ads that Apple is
running now are the SAME kind of adds that people at COMMON's soundoff
have been begging IBM to run for 10 years...and have been totally
ignored...



On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Konrad Underkofler wrote:

> Actually I would love to see the AS/400 redone the way
> Apple has transitioned to OS X.
>
> -Apple is now moderate cost, still not the cheapest but handsome and
> functional.
> -Unix core, with open source support, to rapidly enhance and extend
> -Tools to migrate from old Mac to New OS X styles
> -Productive development environment (10 code line full function word
> processor? yep!)
> -Free development tools!
> -Nice servers with unlimited user licenses at no extra cost. (CA at $280 per
> desktop!)
> -Good Java support
>
> Best of all worlds? Could be!
>
> Regards
>
> Konrad
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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.
>