RE: AS/400 Heritage

[Dwayne Lindner <Dwayne.Lindner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> I have an alternative way of interpreting "Heritage", just substitute
> "Sunset" any time you see it.
> 
> I am now convinced that IBM senior management know exactly 
> what they have
> in this technology, but do not want to promote it.  It will 
> put mainframe,
> unix, and Intel servers clean out of business, and since the 
> iSeries only
> represents small percentages of revenue for IBM, well anyone 
> can read those
> tea leaves.

I am always amazed when people like a platform so much they think nothing
else can hold a candle to it.  Does everyone really think a few ads at the
Superbowl or whatever are going to stop people buying other platforms ??

The iSeries is not the beginning, the middle and the end.  There will ALWAYS
be room for other servers.  The iSeries is a fantastic box, what it does, it
does well, and it now even does stuff it wasn't designed for really well.

However it does severely lack a marketing push from IBM.  In this respects
the iSeries reminds me of another fantastic computer.

The Commodore Amiga.

<SIGH>


Dwayne Lindner
Senior Network Analyst
Wesfarmers Rural Information Technology
184 Railway Parade, Bassendean WA 6054
Ph: (08) 9273 5365    Mob: 0407 386 693
Email: dwayne.lindner@writ.wesfarmers.com.au
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