Re: AS/400

William,
<M$ crap
You are thinking old old microsoft.
Check out Windows 2000 AS, SQL Server 2000.Its come of age.
Thanks in advance
Dave Bulog
MCP

----- Original Message -----
From: "William A Pack" <tonypack@bellsouth.net>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 8:50 PM
Subject: AS/400


> The AS/400 will eventually die or be absorbed by some UNIX clone system
not
> yet in place.  Linux is a stop gap for IBM, a chance to get service
dollars
> from a free UNIX variant.  IBM is really interested in NT, since they make
a
> killing servicing it.  I wonder why I have spent my time working in the
400
> segment when the PC cowboys make a killing just setting up NT and
supporting
> it, not adding a damn thing to the customer's business.  I guess the whole
> idea of custom software is in jeopardy, since we have evolved enough
> technology to make off the shelf components within the budgets of even the
> smallest companies.  I think that this has been the AS/400's niche, and
the
> marketplace will no longer bear a single costly system.
> People will buy Wintel and M$ crap in volume before buying a costly
> client/server box from IBM.  As for the 400, who cares about it when you
can
> buy a fleet of Wintel boxes that are "fault tolerant" because there are
> multiple nodes so that they can fail with a hot backup.  I still think
that
> IBM wants customers to buy Intel servers running either Linux or NT until
> they cannot physically plug any more in, then migrate to the zSeries.
They
> make a killing either way.
> As for "legacy" software, I get infuriated when I hear this term.  Auto
> makers do not harp on older cars being "legacy" automobiles.  M$ has no
> "legacy" software since the crap they produce has a life cycle of less
than
> 18 months.  What is the problem with businesses running software that
works
> without change?  If the business grows, let them buy a bigger machine and
> run whatever the hell they want to on it.  When there is a business need
for
> client/server, or whatever the next paradigm will be, let the customer
> decide, not IBM.  The interactive governing by IBM on the iSeries is crap,
> and I think that businesses will migrate to another platform instead of
> upgrading and paying a fortune to IBM for what they already have.  If you
> have to re-write your software, it will done on another platform.  I have
> always worked for small companies, less than $100M in revenue.  I know
> several that are looking to can the 400 if they have to re-write the apps.
> They will run them on NT.
>
>
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