RE: AS/400 R.I.P.???

["Shaw, David" <dshaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don,

I saw that article yesterday.  The journalist obviously was more interested in
making his deadline than he was in getting his facts straight.  It's a wonder he
even SPELLED AS/400 correctly.  And he obviously still has that misguided notion
that "mid-range systems" like the AS/400 and RS/6000 are for "small and medium
businesses".  Probably thinks they should still be called "minicomputers".

Dave Shaw
Spartan International, Inc.
Spartanburg, SC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Schenck, Don [mailto:Don.Schenck@WL.com]
> 
> Read an article today about IBM's new Power4 chip. VERY impressive.
> 
> What will it be used for?
> 
> AS/400's???
> 
> According to the article, for "high end RS/6000 systems ...".
> 
> Either the AS/400 gets blown away by the RS/6000 ... OR ... 
> the folks at IBM
> REALLY botched up the opportunity to say "high end AS/400 
> systems ...".
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