Re: Midrange Computing is liquidating.

----- Original Message -----
From: <jkrueger@andrewscg.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: Midrange Computing is liquidating.


> LOTS of questions need to be asked and answered before final conclusions
can be
> reached...
>
> What IS clear to me is that IBM would be happier with us if we started to
think
> of ourselves as eServer owners, rather than as an AS/400 or iSeries
community.
> One fact I am confident of is that the iSeries eServer has a wider, more
> complete application base available for it than any other eServer
platform,
> partly because it is getting so good at hosting non-native applications.
And
> MANY of those applications have competitive interfaces, even though many
still
> have their business logic in RPG or COBOL. Our system is far, far from
dead!

When you consider it, the AS/400 has some extreme advantages. It really does
have a wealth of applications, and it really can serve eServer applications.
When I see people talking about jumping ship and heading for a different
platform, I wonder what platform they feel offers nearly as much?

> If you haven't signed up to attend COMMON in Minneapolis in October
> (www.common.org), please THINK now about joining thousands of other
citizens
> from the iSeries Nation for a celebration of just how far we've come!
>
> Janet Krueger
> Andrews Consulting Group
>

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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