Is the AS/400 a dying Ember -- MIDRANGE-L

I firstly apologise to anyone who does not understand the underlying question
that I hope to raise here.  This may not be the arena to air these comments, but
what the hell, you never know is might spark the fire into life.

I feel the need to talk, to talk about the future of the AS/400 from a
commercially viable viewpoint.  I feel that I may be guilty of engulfing  myself
in the technological flames of a platform that from a commercial standpoint
seems to no longer warrant the attention of my future or even that of the
Solution providers.  Market Share, Market Share, Market Share, why don't these
people do for the good of mankind what they do for 'Market Share' Oh please I
feel torn between the knowing smile of stability and common sense against that
of a Nike advert.   The very nature of the human being is to go with the flow,
go with what you know, survive and earn enough to live the life you only dream
about,  but that's it, its a dream, its the dimension that we think we wish to
obtain but mean while we lose sight of the real goal.  That goal is what? I
don't know.  A perplexing question that warrants your comments.

OS/2 springs to mind,  a lovely 32bit operating system that seemed to again
unleash my technological underpinnings, wrong! Microsoft is the way to go, as I
have this on my PC at home and I can run my own business on it and its cheap. I
say 'its your Business and lets keep it that way'.   Betamax another
technological breakthrough that would revolutionise the world but once again
market demand deemed otherwise,  was it because it was technologically inept?  I
doubt it,  Was it because it was a different shape? quite possibly.

 Is the AS/400 in danger of falling by the wayside like the for-mentioned,  I
wonder if IBM had anything to do with Betamax.

your comments would be greatly appreciated as my future is in the balance due to
conformity.

Am I trying to keep a dying Ember alive? I am trying to a unlock a dream that is
just that 'a Dream'.



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