Re: iSeries Misconceptions

[Douglas Handy <dhandy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Leif,

>> I don't think that is necessarily true.  I've been working on the S/3x line
>> since the 70's, and *none* of the installations I worked at ever had a
>resident
>> programmer
>
>and you?

I've only ever worked for a software house/vendor/business partner/whatever, or
for myself as I do now.  My AS/400 is installed at my house though, so I guess
that does make me a resident programmer. <g>

>anyway my point was that the proportion of AS/400 shops with a resident
>programmer (maybe back a corporate) is much higher than for the average
>PC.

For the average PC used in what capacity?  I think you can safely ignore the
home market for this comparison -- not too many 400's are sold to the home
market, you and me notwithstanding.

If you compared businesses using PC's to replace a 400, or a new installation
doing the workload traditionally associated with a "typical" 400, I would expect
the proportion of shops with a resident programmer to be at least as high.   

And I'd expect the proportion of non-programmer technical staff, such as
networking and database administrators, to be higher than on the 400.

Doug

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