Re: AS/400 situation in Eastern Europe

[martos@xxxxxxx]

>Hi!
>  Welcome to the list.  You may be our first poster from Slovakia!  How do
>you find the support for the AS/400?  How is the AS/400 job market - do
>you hear the same debates about Windows NT replacing the AS/400?
>
>Buck Calabro
>Commsoft, Albany, NY
>(250km north of NY City)
>mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net

AS/400 support comes from IBM (service, ECS) and IBM business partners.
Probably most effective is via internet. (this list, comp.sys.ibm.as400,
as400service.ibm.com)

AS/400 buy mostly banks , big and mid-sized companies. Due to exchange
rates (big money
for HW&SW, low stuff salaries) TCO does not apply here, important is
stability and reliability.
Another point is that we are small country, so AS/400 business is small
also (5000000 people,
500 machines).

I work with AS/400 8 year (last 5 in this company) and as far I know (and
hope), we don't
think about replacing (opinions expressed... .-)))

Pavol Martos
Priemyselna banka Kosice


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