Re: FW: OS/400 upgrades for CISC

[Neil Palmer <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave Mahadevan wrote:
> 
> DAsmussen@aol.com wrote:
> 
> >
> > CISC is GONE.  The number of machines doesn't matter, the number of
> > applications doesn't matter.  The number of us that "wish it weren't so"
> > doesn't matter.  We can want it with "all our hearts" and it doesn't matter.
> >  IBM wants to sell more hardware, and they're not going to do it with CISC.
> >  RISC is the future, and YOUR only choice is to decide when you're going to
> > implement it.  You don't need RISC to be Y2K compliant, and you don't need 
>it
> > to take advantage of most of the new internet technologies.  If you're SO
> > DARN HOT on using the latest stuff, why not upgrade to the latest hardware?
> >  You probably need it anyway...
> 
> Dean:
> 
> CISC is not gone.  There is no reason why CISC cannot run RISC V3R7 type
> software.  CISC is not a 286 in a Pentium world.  IBM has gone ahead and
> brainwashed a lot of people that RISC is the only way to go.  If
> everybody starts upgrading at the drop of the hat to the latest
> hardware, IBM will be the richest company in the world, and the
> consumers will be paying through it past Y2K :-)
> 
> I am sorry I am unable to convince you guys of the necessity of the
> upgrades on V3R2.  But you guys (Neil, Chris, John) all have a point and
> I get it loud and clear.
> 
> end of my pathetic soapbox.

Dave,

Have you considered purchasing IBM stock and jumping on the gravy train?
    ;-)  

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