RE: At the risk of sounding like an AS/400 rah-rah...

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Justin Haase
>
> Well darnit, James, if it's not on the iSeries, it's junk.
>
> Remember the old SNL skit with Mike Myers - Scottish or crap?  Sounds
> like we have a new one.  Is it AS/400 or CRAAAAAAAP!
>
> I hope y'all are catching the sarcasm, because I'm laying it on pretty
> thick.

Wrong target for your sarcasm.  I'm not anti-Unix OR anti-Windows.  (Well,
I'm anti-XP, but that's for different reasons.)  Whenever I take a few
whacks at Unix, the Unix-dweebs circle the wagons, saying I'm anti-Unix.
Same with the MS-weenies.  You're both dead wrong, and if you actually toook
the time to read my posts rather than fire from the hip, you'd see that.  I
say consistently that Unix and Windows both have their place in IS.

But I am adamant that if it's not an AS/400, it's not an integrated business
application processor.  It may have SOME scheduling, but nothing like the
AS/400.  It may have SOME security, but nothing like the AS/400.  It may
have SOME database processing, but nothing like the AS/400.

Unix is great for web serving and networking and all manner of stream
processing.  It's great for running websites and file servers.  It's just
not designed for running businesses.

Windows is great for allowing multiple graphical applications to run
simultaneously.  It's great for running offices.  And it kicks butt for
Grand Theft Auto.  It's just not designed for running businesses.

OS/400 is designed for running businesses.

I'm not against Unix - I think every AS/400 should have at least one Unix
coprocessor.  I'm not against Windows; I think every office should have a
standard graphical interface with integrated office applications.

I'm just against trying to run back-office business applications on the
wrong OS.

And just so the record is straight: I think the most flexible network is W2K
workstations connected to a Unix mail/web/file server with an AS/400 for
back end processing.

And now I should probably retire from this topic as well.  Once we start
quoting SNL, the thread has probably run its course.

But that's just me.

Joe