Re: FW: OS/400 upgrades for CISC

Neil Palmer wrote:
> 
> That's irrelevant.  How many old Corvettes are there out there compared
> to the new model ?  Do you think if you ask GM nicely they'll build a
> new 1996 Corvette with the new engine for you ?
> 
It is EXTREMELY RELEVANT.  If there are 800,000 CISC boxes out there and
200,000 RISC boxes, IBM should get darn worried about losing market
share (very important for a business).  What is irrelevant is whether GM
will build a 1996 Corvette.

People forget that if a business decides that the cost outweighs the
benefit in retaining a old machine, they will replace it.  IBM does not
have to tell them.  For example, when S/36 came out, S/34 people in
droves converted to S/36.  When S/38 came out in 1978, S/34 people
yawned, but S/3 people were forced due to the aforementioned cost
benefit considerations to move to S/38.  IBM made a big error in
assuming S/36 people will move to AS/400 when they introduced their
S/36E in an AS/400 (ever tried DELETE X,F1 in R2? Can finish your lunch
by the time it was done).  The point I am trying to make to all the
people with the shiny black boxes is the gray boxes will remain there
and if the manufacturer doesnt feel like supporting it, they will do a
cost benefit analysis and may move (could be RISC or nowadays it points
to NT !).

> On Sat, 19 Apr 1997, Dave Mahadevan. wrote:
> 
> > You seem to be very sure CISC is dead.  I am curious, as to how many
> > CISC is out there vs RISC.  Anybody have these numbers?
> >

-- 
Thank You.

Regards

Dave Mahadevan.. mailto:mahadevan@fuse.net
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