Re: [Fwd: About prospects of AS/400 !!!!!]

I've been hearing comments like this since 1986 when I began working on 
the S/38, the precursor to the AS/400.  Yet, IBM has continued to 
evolve and improve the AS/400.  And the demand for the AS/400 
has continued to grow.  

I know that our organization is firmly committed to the AS/400.  
We have AS/400, RS/6000, NT, Netware and OS/2 servers.   Five 
years from now, we likely have AS/400 and NT, and possibly 
Netware.  


Date sent:              Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:48:26 -0500
From:                   Rob Berendt <rob@dekko.com>
Subject:                Re: [Fwd: About prospects of AS/400 !!!!!]
To:                     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Send reply to:          MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com

> For those who cannot look at attachments see below:
> Hi,
>  I am a software professional working with an esteemed company. Recently
> during a discussion there was a point brought out that there is not much
> in store for AS/400 professionals in the future years to come and the
> trend now is migrating applications from AS/400 to S/390 and RS/6000.
>  This kind of an information has made me apprehensive of continuing in
> AS/400. I would really appreciate the help if some of you out there could
> share their views on this and also tell me as what are the more recent
> developments that are scheduled to take place on the AS/400 and where I
> can get to know about the same thru the net.....
> 
> Regards,
> Pavan Krishnamurthy.
> 
> My comments would have to be that while the S/390 has a future for large
> datawarehouses and HUGE databases it has been my experience that more
> people are rightsizing from the S/390 and PC's onto the 400.  I'd like to
> know where he got his info from.  Perhaps he should have been in
> Midrange-l instead of RPG.  Especially with many of the recent posts.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET on 09/30/98 11:38:18 AM
> Please respond to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com@Internet
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com@Internet
> cc:    
> Subject:      [Fwd: About prospects of AS/400 !!!!!]
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> Pavan posted this to RPG400-L at Midrange and while I know that a good
> deal of us subscribe to ALL lists, I wanted to make SURE that this got to
> the MAIN list.
> 
> HELP him dispel this GARBAGE !!!!
> 
> Chuck
> 
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