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

There is a keen interest in the AS/400 from younger programmers who are
sick and tired on working on  wintel .Over here in NZ there is buz about
the AS platform


Peter Schaefer wrote:
> 
> 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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