Re: Developer's AS/400 (was: CODE400 4 Free)

I second and third this.  This is a great idea and extremely suitable for a
170/270.  This will also bring in more developers thus making the AS/400
platform as a solid alternate to the buggy NT.

Maybe IBM can kindly request the buyer from using it as a production machine and
prevent sales erosion from 7xx and 8xx series.   But IBM should refrain from
crippling the system because of the pricing.

"MCPARTLAND, Stan" wrote:

> Edmund,
>
> This is a bit off your topic, but I thought I'd use your request for input
> as an opportunity.  I would like to see a small AS/400 with all of the
> development tools, CODE/400, SQL, ADTS, etc., that was priced so it was
> affordable for home ownership.  At $5,000 I'd buy one today and worry about
> how I was going to pay my credit card bill later.  Based on response to a
> similar message I posted on midrange-l early this year, there is significant
> interest in a small development AS/400 in this price range.  The price of
> the new 250-2295 is a bit high, but not unreasonable if it came with all of
> the development tools and Client Access.  You could limit it to a few users
> to prevent it from being used as normal production machine.  An AS/400 in
> this range would allow developers the opportunity to experiment and perhaps
> come up with new products that would increase AS/400 sales.
>
> Regards,
> Stan McPartland
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: edmund.reinhardt@ca.ibm.com [mailto:edmund.reinhardt@ca.ibm.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 10:16 AM
> To: CODE400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: CODE400 4 Free
>
> Sorry Martin,
>
> I've probably already said more than the lawyers would allow me ;-)  I can
> say that from the feedback we have been getting, we think that developers
> want something like "Visual Studio" for AS/400.  One integrated package of
> tools with one price.  No more complexities of ordering piece parts here
> and there and learning the quirks of each one.  That is the strategy we are
> actively pursuing this very minute.
>
> I am afraid that I cannot get any more specific than that.  If you think
> this is right or wrong, we would be happy to hear from you.
>
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Thank You.

Regards

Dave Mahadevan.. mailto:mahadevan@fuse.net


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