RE: List of large iSeries companies

Microsoft **long ago** outsourced all of our manufacturing for software,
books, and even hardware like mice, keyboards and Xbox. Development is
all done in house of course.  

Is it possible that one of the outsource companies might be running an
i5 somewhere? Sure. Just like many iSeries shops develop for Windows
(according to the latest study done by iSeries News and LANSA, and
published this month in the magazine, 45% of iSeries shops are doing
Windows development (not just running Windows applications like
Exchange) vs. 3% on Linux,) it would make sense to find someone in the
Microsoft supply chain running OS/400.  It's a heterogeneous world in
the enterprise and midmarket segments.

 
 
David deLisi
Microsoft

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 8:00 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: List of large iSeries companies

Not really.  Until Microsoft tells us that they are definitely running
their
manufacturing on an inhouse Windows server farm (including how many
servers
and what software), then it's pretty much typical Microsoft
misdirection.

Now it's possible that all of Microsoft manufacturing is running on
Windows.
But think about it... if Microsoft ever managed to get the horsepower
required to run those systems up and stable, wouldn't they TRUMPET it to
the
world?  Every business I know is happy to show you when they use their
own
products; it's one of the most potent marketing measures available.

Instead, we have no idea what runs the manufacturing systems at
Microsoft.
Nobody knows where these systems are, what software they run, or
anything.
All we know is that they "don't run AS/400's" because David Delisi says
so,
and thus it must be true.

Joe


> From: Luke Dalton
> 
> Phhhhhhhtttttttttttt......
> 
> (that's the wind going out of a lot of people's sails...)