RE: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

That's why I said:

"You're saying that green screen is perceived as obsolete -- graphical
means new.  I don't disagree that people feel that way.  It is, however,
pretty dumb." 

I do think it's ironic that the platform is perceived as obsolete
because it hasn't forced its apps into obsolescence.

I do think it's ironic that other platforms have been perceived as
modern because they have forced previous iterations into obsolescence.

Retire the old user interface, amputate the old applications, and folks
might actually see the enhancements.

The stability and backwards compatibility is not a separate issue from
the perceived obsolescence -- my point is that there's a relationship
between them.

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Payne
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 12:53 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

Jim,
        The reason the AS/400 is still around is because it is a stable
platform and you don't have to constantly port the applications from VB
to coldfusion to dot.net, which means that there is a good business case
for using the machine. That however is a separate issue from why the
system is perceived as obsolete by people who don't work with it every
day. Because they don't know about all of its wonderful features, they
look at the user interface and say "That looks like it was created in
the early 80's it must be OLD"