RE: State of the Midrange

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

At 08:53 AM 8/22/00 -0700, you wrote:

Document it, and get IBM to publish it.

Al


>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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