Re: Dis-merits of AS/400

[Don Schenck <schencd%AM_LZCH%VASELL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:::I agree with the comments below.  I'm sort of a newbie to the 400 (4 years)
:::but I really do like it, mostly for the "lack of maintenance" I was used to
:::with other systems I am familiar with (Unix, RS6000, VMS).  It's a
:::workhorse.  This belief was enhanced when I recently spoke with a college
:::buddy who is both a "software specialist" and network manager (Novell) for a
:::hospital.  I was trying to get her to consider coming on board and when I
:::mentioned the 400, she was totally convinced it was "a dead machine and
:::archaic".


MOST of us on this list are pro-AS/400. That's a given.

Although I did mentioned the AS/400's "down" points -- let's not be religious
about this, it DOES have a few negatives -- it is, in my opinion, THE business
machine.

Because the AS/400 has been around for 10+ years, it is perceived as old. It
has changed with the time quite well, but most people don't know this. That's
too bad.

Peace,

-- Don Schenck
www.SchenckTech.com

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