Re: Reliability, Reliability, Reliability

[nina jones <ddi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> In other words Nina, IBM is getting Operations Navigator installed and
> functioning just about in time?
> 
> You know, if IBM can get Ops Nav performing with any sort of quickness
> then OS/400 will become a whole lot easier to operate than any PC network
> I've ever seen.  Gosh just stop and think of the granularity of the
> security with Ops Nav for instance.
> 
> I admit I had not made the mental connection until your post, but now I
> realize that an AS/400 with Ops Nav is a truly potent package.


that's only part of it. you can't go to hastings and get as/400 for
dummies.  and buying as/400 software can be a chore.  you don't go to
comp usa and get a shrink wrapped box.  

one of our associations had gone to a p/c based collection package, and
at first really liked it.  they liked the windows navagations, etc.  but
last month they said they wanted to go back to our collections, green
screens and all, because the as/400 was solid and reliable.  the
collection package was locking up once or twice a day and they were sick
of dealing with it.

anyhow, i got the files from the p/c, and was browsing them using
microsoft access.  features of access are neat, being able to browse,
design, create an on the fly form, or report at the click of a mouse. 
standard as/400 tools are not as cool.  or as intutitive.  cheap as/400
education seems to be non existant.  and ibm does not seem too tolerant
of someone that wants to learn the as/400 picking up an old used machine
to practice on.   

it's a really tough problem.  and a new name won't fix it!

nj
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