Re: Casino switches to AIX

Trevor,

I am seeing more and more companies either moving away or at least seriously looking into moving away from the i.

This is partly due to marketing and partly to the notion that it's old technology. All the evangelizing by people who have a major vested interest in it (e.g. us, the software vendors/developers) will not convince the younger generation that it's superior. [Note: This is NOT intended to rewaken the old "what's wrong with the system" debate.]

I'm just reporting on what I'm seeing as the general attitude of existing (let alone NEW potential) customers. This exists even in long-time midrange accounts, across industries.

-mark


At 11/17/08 11:15 AM, you wrote:

Don,

COMMON will likely morph towards a Power Systems emphasis, including IBM i
and AIX. Just because there are new AIX sessions does not mean this is a
move AWAY from IBM i. It simply means COMMON will get bigger to accommodate
the ~new~ AIX world added to the IBM i that we know.

We already know you are personally affected by having your iWorld fall down
around you. Does that mean we will always get doom and gloom from you for
the rest of us who remain strongly i? Regardless of what IBM does, you could
still promote IBM I with a more positive approach?

Crying does not help. Saying "I told you so" when you told us something else
does not help. Doom and gloom does not help.

Trevor



On 11/17/08 10:40 AM, "Don" <dr2@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Rob,
>
> Not just casinos... IBM has been pushing AIX to replace OS/400 for a long
> time. And, Austin has NEVER hidden the fact that they're taking market
> share from system-I and they have absolutely no problems doing so. Also
> keep in mind that Oracle is pSeries's biggest business partner and Larry
> Ellison REALLY KNOWS HOW TO MARKET! ....unlike the dolts at IBM in charge of
> AS/400, iSeries, system-I, IBM-i....who appear to be intentionally letting
> this product decline...
>
> Don't be surprised to see COMMON trending more AIX than os/400...it's the
> only way it will survive as an organization, provided it can crack the AIX
> mindset - which is a helluva task!
>
> And, once again, this was predicted by several of us oh, let's see....uh
> maybe 5 years ago??
>
> DR2


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