RE: OS/400 command set

| [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Hall, Philip


| > From: Mike Haston ** Data [mailto:MJH@jny.com]
| >
| > There must be some reason M$ runs its business on iSeries!
|
| If they still do, as the urban legend states, then it's more than
| likely the very same reason that other businesses tend not to
| entertain the idea of switching platforms (*whatever* they are
| using) - the momentum needed for large business to switch from
| say Sun/Oracle to iSeries/DB2 is enormous.

All true...  Not so bad coming from HP3000 though...!

| Like having audits, large businesses would rather not *ever* have
| to switch the software/hardware that their business runs on. I'm
| sure there's a critical business size (number of customers;
| number of products; or what have you) that once reached & passed
| makes it very difficult to do the move in some PhD thesis somewhere...

But We sure hear a LOT about folks LEAVING the iSeries, to do JUST that.

I don't quite get it, but am not degreed.. so.....................;-D