Re: Free OS/400

Quite the opposite! I loved Communications Manager/2. That was a wonderful
product! When I was working with Cardinal West in Las Vegas, I was the only
OS/2 desktop. I had gotten approval for OS/2 and CM because, like everyone
else running windows, if I opened up multiple 5250 sessions my desktop would
crash. Once I installed CM/2, I could run my 8 sessions, connect with
multiple hosts, run multiple Windows applications (Excel was the standard,
but they had some divisions on 123 who would submit spreadsheets in 123
format, I got stuck doing the conversion because I could get it done), etc.
etc.

Now, I didn't like the fact that I needed to configure up front how many
sessions I wanted, I couldn't just fire off another one on the fly. Instead,
they all started up minimized and I'd just click on them when I wanted them.
But CM/2 evolved, too. PC Support worked through the connection, etc. And
rock solid.

Now, I wasn't crazy about the move to centralize the configuration on a CM/2
server, but I understood it. Individual users mostly didn't know what to do
with their configurations and couldn't really set them up themselves anyway.
I have never been happy about the step DOWN to CA. Way down. CA may be
prettier, but nowhere near the quality.

I stayed a CM/2 customer until I had to give up OS/2.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hall, Philip" <phall@spss.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 11:52 AM
Subject: RE: Free OS/400


> > OS/2 was a strategic product. In fact, the success of OS/2 was linked to
> the
> > success of the AS/400. IBM knew that a part of Microsoft's success was
> their
> > ability to tie Windows desktops to Windows servers. IBM needed a desktop
> > operating system that it could use to provide the same level of synergy
> > between its servers and desktops, and intended for that to be OS/2.
>
> "...sme level of synergy..." - You've obviously never tried to install
> configure and use Communications Manager/2... ;-)
>
> Also, let me apologise for the Html email - I'm using the web frontend of
> Outlook & there is no option to turn  HTML off
>
>

Chris Rehm
javadisciple@earthlink.net
If you believe that the best technology wins the
marketplace, you haven't been paying attention.



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