Re: AS/400 news on ZDNET

[John Carr <74711.77@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RE:     Re: AS/400 news on ZDNET

>  From: Marilyn Jull <mjull@InfoAve.Net>

>  Looks like another Maalox moment brought to you by 
>  Enterprise Systems Consulting!!!!  :-)

http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/issue/0,4537,381680,00.html

Gee I don't know guys,  I see these things as "Opportunities".  
I sent a letter to Ben Elgin saying I was very happy that he wrote about
the AS/400 and I also said;... (Paraphrasing)

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<SNIP>
One thing I keep seeing in the press is echoed in your statement;

"Not helping matters is the fact that the AS/ 400 is growing at a slower
 pace than Windows NT and certain Unix competitors."

We have a model  S20 AS/400 server running Notes Domino. It also runs other
things.   On that one S20 we have 5 Domino servers.   (Including Mail, 
a Quality Package, and other things).  We were told by our Notes business 
partner that if we did it on NT we would probably have 5 NT boxes each 
running a separate application.     Humm  5 to 1?? 

Our S20 also has(of course) DB2/400.  Can you name a single NT site that 
would run Domino(5 clustered servers) and an MS SQL server on ONE NT 
platform?    Our S20 does it and still yawns. 
BTW,   That includes automatic fallover and automatic restarting of a 
Domino server(a subsystem on the AS/400).   The user never sees "Server 
Unavailable"  message.

The numbers of NT's being sold is misleading unless the reader knows what 
the numbers really represent.   One application Per  NT server?   
No wonder lots are being sold.   They breed themselves like Star Trek's
"Trouble with Tribbles".  You get one, and before you know it you have 5. 
Just to do what you orginally thought the one would do.
<SNIP>
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Well he wrote back to me and said.........

Hi John,
Thanks for the feedback. You raise some interesting points. Would you mind
if I forward your note to my editor for possible inclusion on our "Letters
to the Editor" page? Regards,
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So you never know,  People are sometimes receptive to other opinions.

An opportunity is a "Terrible thing to waste"

John Carr
EdgeTech
Have Classes,  Will Travel
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