RE: Processor speed

[Eric Kempter <noerick.norcal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You could buy a used 40S with a compiler for around 10K.  This is 
comparable to the cost of a robust WinTel server.  This is perhaps overkill 
for a one man development shop but it would be cool.

On Tuesday, April 25, 2000 4:55 AM, Colin Williams 
[SMTP:colin.williams@technocrats.co.uk] wrote:
| "the AS/400 has minimal ability to compete in the entry-level market for
| developers"
|
| I think we knew this, you have to pay through the nose to get the decent
| development tools for the AS/400, and for the AS/400 itself, which
| means developers find it unaffordable unless they have to backing of an
| established company.
|
| Theres no way I as an individual can afford to buy a '400 and the
| various tools I need to create a whizz-bang utility, tool or app.
| Thats why i'm learning C++, and soon Java and Visual Basic on a PC,
| because I can afford to buy those tools, and if I can't I can beg or
| borrow. People will lend me a PC and some software for a few weeks or
| months.
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