Re: DDS Support

The issue that is being ignored is the issue of brand name and product 
differentiation.  IBM had no desire to make their platforms mere 
commodities.  That is not IBM's tradition nor is it a very successful 
business model.  Suggesting that IBM's computer architecture is going to 
meld into the vast PC hardware landscape is just a conjecture serving no 
real purpose.  The question really becomes "How does IBM intend to 
differentiate their product?"  In my opinion IBM needs to explain that 
early and often or we will be forced to the only remaining choice of 
'who's cheapest today?'

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Booth Martin
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"R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@attglobal.net>
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From: David Gibbs <david@midrange.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Monday, July 10, 2000 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: DDS Support


>Jon:
>
>I think the point is: The users don't *WANT* SEU to be dead.  IBM has 
made
>a BAD decision by not continuing to develop SEU (IMHO).  Wouldn't be the
>first time ;-)
>


and users didn't want OS/2 dead...

The point Jon is making and you will ultimately have to accept, is that 
once
again, like DDS vs SQL, SEU is a _single_ platform issue, not a widely
accepted tool outside of the (ultimately dead) 400 platform.

Before the 400 dead platform flames begin... they changed the bus
architecture from SPD to PCI, they have AIX running on the power PC chip 
in
the 400 (PASE) so... ergo... utimately, commodity hardware platforming. In
this light, one platform (not proprietary 400) and multiple operating
systems (Linux, OS/400, AIX, NT...)

just a casual observation based on past performance...  purely 
conjecture...
my opinion may not reflect those of my employer... (oops, that's me, tee
hee!)
                               yes, jon, i know, another beer...       ;-)


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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional System Administrator
 -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional Network Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

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  deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

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