Re: Why NT and NOT AS/400 -- MIDRANGE-L

Pedro,

<<snip, snip original message>>

In a message dated 97-12-24 08:31:08 EST, you write:

>    While i agree with most of what you say - yes, OS/400 is one of 
>  the best OS's i've seen, besides of being very stable, reliable and 
>  scalable- i can't agree with one of your affirmations. Yes, AS/400 
>  will run rings around any NT you will throw at it, here and in the 
>  future, but dont you think saying that it will do the same to unix 
>  a little far fetched? "very large transaction volumes and very large 
>  data base needs" are catered as well by most unix flavours, with 
>  matching reliability and stability, not to mention their large 
>  cientifical/engineering processing capabilities. And if you mentioned 
>  DB2 as a plus on AS/400, may i recall you that DB2 is from Ibm, and 
>  that Ibm also has Aix machines running the same DB2. I know by 
>  experience that for most AS/400 men its easy to dismiss unix, but 
>  that is, at least from what i see, the results of marketing people 
>  doing their job. People that worked and works with both 
>  environments (AS/400 & Unix) can point good differences at both, 
>  but a lot unites them, and those capabilities you denied for unix 
>  are both worlds plus points, even more when compared with NT. To 
>  conclude, i believe you forgot to mention your AS/400 bias, when you 
>  mentioned the SQL one. ;-)

I really _don't_ think that saying OS/400 can run rings around UNIX is a
misrepresentation at all.  If it was, why are all of the UNIX folks in my
current environment trying to get on the AS/400 team?  Why do the DEC (UNIX)
servers cause all the problems with MQSeries when the systems are taken down
for a normal IPL?  I don't see "matching reliability and stability" between
either DEC, HP, or Tandem and the AS/400 at all.

DB2/400 bears little resemblance to its AIX or ES/9K counterparts at all,
other than in name.  Part of the AS/400's reliability is that you _DON'T_
choose a database or security system after you've chosen the hardware.  You
get an integrated security system and database.  UNIX has its place, but I'd
put OS/400 up against it anytime, anywhere...

>     I hope this wasnt too off-topic, people.

Seems to be right _ON_ topic!

Regards,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

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