Hey everybody. Here's a chance for you and me to post a comment showing
that IBM POWER users are fanatically loyal for good reason.
Do not post a comment on midrange as you would be just "preaching to the
choir".
I submitted two postings which are awaiting moderator approval.
My comment #1: Not True. People DO care about hardware, as evidenced
by the some 98% of the Fortune 500 who choose the IBM POWER servers
(previously known as System i, and before that, the iSeries and AS/400).
Why? In part because the IBM POWER hardware is bullet proof and rock
solid.
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/index.html
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/
My comment #2: IBM POWER users do not choose commodity hardware, as
PowerVM provides industrial strength virtualization technologies for
AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems on IBM Power Systems. PowerVM
virtualizes processor and I/O resources for client partitions enabling
increased asset utilization, enhanced infrastructure flexibility and
reduced costs. See
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/virtualization/index.html
Okay everyone. Post a comment at
http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/dcc/?p=507&nr=OIN after you read
the the article that says, "
Does anyone really care about hardware anymore? He laments the loss of
enthusiasm that used to greet every new hardware upgrade, whether it was
new chip-level developments from Intel and Motorola or new server,
storage or workstation releases from the top manufacturers. All the
action, it seems, comes from the software side of the house.
Virtualization, business intelligence, customer and database management
all seem to generate more buzz than the steady stream of multicore
releases or blade systems can even hope for. On one level, I think Robb
has it right: Hardware has crossed the line into the commodity realm,
where technical advances take a back seat to price and volume. As such,
there's little fanfare to accompany the launch of new platforms. And
with the continued growth of open source software, the underlying
hardware needs only to power up and make it go. The only time it gets
any notice at all is when it fails.
<Eric> That's the question posed by Drew Robb in a provocative post on
Server Watch.
http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=49341
<Eric> the original article titled "Does Hardware Matter?" by Drew Robb
is at
http://www.serverwatch.com/hreviews/article.php/3781826
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