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But ... OS/400 isn't "really" the operating system for an iSeries... According to Frank Soltis SLIC is .... <smile> Kenneth -----Original Message----- From: Booth Martin [mailto:Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:00 AM To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: OS/400 on a Sun unix Strategically the iSeries has always been an end-to-end system. Its reason for being has been to appeal to organizations that want a large and responsible firm to be responsible for everything from the wall outlet out. Separating the Operating System from the hardware is not going to ever happen. --------------------------------------------------------- Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------- -------Original Message------- From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 12:47:48 PM To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion Subject: Re: OS/400 on a Sun unix Except IBMs software is not tied to one platform. IBM has nothing to gain by running OS/400 on other software. What extra revenue would they generate? More DB2 sales? No. You can just buy it and run it on Windows or Linux anyway. Lotus software? Nope, run it on Linux or Windows. IBM knows they aren't going to win an OS war, so they just have their software run on all major platforms and support it. That way, no matter what hardware or IOS you want, you can still buy their software. As with Macintosh, part of the stability of the OS/400 is the fact you do not have a near infinite amount of hardware to support. When you know you only have x drivers to implement, you eliminate many of your bugs and conflicts. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Stone" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 1:37 PM Subject: Re: OS/400 on a Sun unix > Sure, it wouldn't be easy, but if IBM really wants to sell > software (like it seems they want to) then I would think it > would be something worth looking into. > > Someone get the master on the horn. ;) _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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