Re: AS/400 as a web server

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 03:42 PM 03/23/2000 -0600, you wrote:


>Recently I read an article that stated IBM's grow-the-market strategies are
>being reserved for other IBM servers,
>not the AS/400.  We are an AS/400 shop, soon to be implementing a web server
>which I hoped would be an AS/400.  I am
>disappointed and reluctant to use an AS/400 because it doesn't sound like 
>it is
>in line with IBM's long term  plans.
I personally think that the AS/400 is a great web server.  The only part of 
the AS/400 strategy that fell apart was the notion of the firewall in the 
IPCS (or whatever the @#$%) they are calling it this week.

You should get a firewall appliance, or use an NT based firewall.  IBM blew it.

Al




+--------------------------------------------------+
| Please do not send private mail to this address. |
| Private mail should go to barsa@ibm.net.         |
+--------------------------------------------------+

Al Barsa, Jr. - Account for Midrange-L
Barsa Consulting, LLC.  
400 > 390

Phone:          914-251-1234
Fax:            914-251-9406
http://www.barsaconsulting.com
http://www.taatool.com

+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---