Re: What About Price vs. Performance?

Scott Klement <klemscot@klements.com>
> However, its HORRIBLY lacking in flexibility.   Any other computer 
> platform in the known world will do a lot more things, and do them a lot
> faster and cheaper.   Someone at IBM has to wise up to this, or the AS/400
> WILL die out.

Scott, I agree with all your comments. 

However, IBM's problem with the AS/400 is that its high end 
is a threat to z-series, its low-end is a threat to x-series, and 
on the midrange it's a threat to p-series. 

Get this:
IBM wants the box to die, preferably slowly and painfully so that
maximum dollars can be extracted from the faithful with a fat
bonus thrown in from all the green-screeners that can't go
elsewhere.

Sad, but (I think) true.



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