RE: iSeries vs. Unix vs. SQL Server vs. Oracle

Sweet...   This needs to be made into one of those commercials/life stories.
Straight to the point of why you should be using an iSeries.

-- Scott Johnson

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> Unfortunately, I know.  There were lots of other IT guys in
> my program.
> Sample conversation:
>
> Other Student:  So what do you guys run on?
>
> Me:  We're an iSeries shop?
>
> OS:  I've never heard of that.  What's an iSeries?
>
> Me:  The new name for the AS/400.
>
> OS:  (Laughs) Why are you still running that old dinosaur?
>
> Me:  It's done a pretty good job of keeping up with the times.
>
> OS:  But, it's legacy.
>
> Me:  It doesn't go down.
>
> OS:  (Clears throat) What?
>
> Me:  It doesn't go down.  Ever.  Unless we take it down.
>
> OS:  (Looks sheepish) Uh, OK.  Well, what do you run your website on?
>
> Me:  Another iSeries.
>
> OS:  You can't do that, can you?
>
> Me:  I sure hope so, I do it every day.
>
> OS:  How about mail?
>
> Me:  Domino.
>
> OS:  On NT or Unix?
>
> Me:  On the iSeries.
>
> OS:  I didn't know you could run Domino on the iSeries.  How
> big is your
> staff?
>
> Me:  About 20 people.  14 programmers, 5 help desk, one admin.
>
> OS:  One admin?
>
> Me:  One admin.
>
> OS:  Hmmm.
>
> Mike E.
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