RE: State of the Midrange

My ex boss recently left a job as CIO of an internet retailer because he was
asked to replace AS/400 based systems with an Oracle product.  In the months
since he left they have spent several million dollars and the Oracle product
isn't anywhere near ready.  The AS/400 systems worked, but had those nasty
looking screens.

I don't think the moral is that the AS/400 is inherently better, but more
the perception thing people have been talking about lately.  My ex boss
doesn't have a religious committment to the AS/400, but he prefers things
that work and thought that installing the Oracle product would be career
suicide.  He wouldn't have batted an eyelash if he had any confidence in the
Oracle product. 


AS/400:
         Checker
         16" Softball
         Sidney Bechet

Win 2000:
         Toyota Camry (4 cyl with gold tone trim)
         NFL
         No Doubt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don [mailto:dr2@cssas400.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 7:13 AM
> To: Schenck, Don
> Cc: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: State of the Midrange
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Don,
> 
> they also run Charles's Schwab's web front end...which I use all the
> time...but, then, that wasn't the point.  THe point was that 
> people are
> dumping the 400 for NT and weenie boxes because of management 
> perception
> that they're a far superior box to the 400...
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Schenck, Don wrote:
> 
> > Those "damn weenie boxes" run NASDAQ ... ever heard of it???
> > 
> > AS/400:
> > 
> > Buick
> > Golfing
> > Yanni
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Win 2000:
> > 
> > VW GTI with coil-over suspension ...
> > X Games
> > Blink 182
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > While the AS/400 is the reigning KING of robustness and 
> reliability, the
> > FACT is that Gen-Xers are attracted to Windows.
> > 
> > Gen-Nexters are attracted to Linux.
> > 
> > 
> > This is all startin' to get interesting.
> > 
> > 
> > Peace,
> > 
> > -- Don Schenck
> > 
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