Re: Intel delays Merced

Neil and Al,

In a message dated 98-06-03 05:33:04 EDT, you write:

> Maybe so.  However the world has been so underwhelmed by 64 bit processing,
>  I can't see it getting excited about 96 or 128.
>  
>  What Rochester failed to do with the 64 bit AS/400 is to deliver any
>  splashy applications that clearly could not be duplicated on any other
>  processor. 

Agreed!  I've said it before, and I'll say it again -- IBM _SHOULD_ have
replaced the 5250 data stream as the defacto standard when they constructed
the AS/400.  Support it?  Sure!  Just like they still do 3270.  I can't decide
if the protocol was just overlooked during AS/400 development, the terminal
division forced it's use to sell their overpriced and underperforming
offerings, or some combination of both...

JMHO,

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

Things you never hear -- "Please hand me that piano."
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