Re: Random thoughts from COMMON

[Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Either way, I think it SUCKS - NT Server is WAY behind NDS and WHAT's new - 
Internet Explorer lags behind Netscape. MS gets RIDICULOUS breaks, and
NOT because of product superiority but because of perceived market share, blah, 
blah, blah...
Have a hard time seeing why IBM would dump NDS. Understand why they want to run 
NT Server, but KEEP NDS (unless of course there is no interest in
running NDS on the IPCS from customers. If THAT's the case it's surprising that 
there is that big a demand for NT on the IPCS. I would THINK the
problem is in getting LAN folks to give up the "stand alone" servers for the 
IPCS whether it's NDS or NT Server....  And that is just a matter of
IBM doing the advertising, etc. to convince folks !

Chuck

Jeffrey M. Silberberg wrote:

> Ops,
>
>         I think I left the good fingers upstairs this morning.  V4R3 not
> R2 is the currently announced last release..
>
>         JMS
>
> On Tue, 13 Oct 1998 bmegenity@ruskin.com wrote:
>
> > I thought I read somewhere (please don't ask me where) that V4R3 was the 
>last to support Novell AND OS/2 on IPCS. Am I getting mixed up again?
> >
> > Bill Megenity             bmegenity@ruskin.com            twinstar@sound.net
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MIME :silbrbrg@netcom.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 9:51 AM
> > To:   johnearl@toolnet.com
> > Subject:      Re: Random thoughts from COMMON
> >
> >
> >  So let me get this right. The IPCS will not support Novell after V4R2
> > because Novell is no longer going to have an OS/2 based component.  But
> > IBM is porting the AIX OS to the IPCS ?  Hum, what is it's OS/2 component ??
> >
> >       JMS
> >
> > On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, John Earl wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > mcrump@ballfoster.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > 3.) Frank Soltis claimed that the AS/400 can run any AIX application 
>today
> > > > without any modifications and that most UNIX applications fall into this
> > > > category.  However, it will look and feel like a UNIX application so IBM
> > > > encourages the vendor to make the app.  look like an AS/400 application.
> > > > He thinks they can essentially be UNIX and essentially eliminate 
>'porting'.
> > > > Along with this they think they can run most UNIX applications faster 
>than
> > > > similar UNIX machines.....another interesting dilemna.  Similar issues
> > > > revolving around NT.......
> > >
> > > There was recently a post out on comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc where an IBM'er 
>claimed
> > > that IBM had AIX running on the IPCS.  I was able to confirm this at 
>common... it
> > > was done for a bid, but IBM didn't get the bid.  Now it's a solution in 
>search of
> > > an application - same as the alleged laptop/400
> > >
> > > jte
> > >
> > > --
> > > John Earl   PowerTech Toolworks
> > > johnearl@toolnet.com  www.toolnet.com
> > > 253-858-7388   206-575-0711
> > > PowerLock Network Security for the AS/400
> > > --
> > >
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