Re: iSeries Misconceptions

[Chris Rehm <javadisciple@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What's this? I someone trying to propogate the belief that people don't just 
go out buying hardware they saw in an ad and then look for what software can 
run on it? 

Be careful, some people around here will stop talking to you for spreading 
such heresy!


On Monday 06 August 2001 07:01, alan shore wrote:
> Why ask that question against the AS/400? How many business installations
> have bought ANY platform, be it UNIX, Windows, mainframe etc, to develop
> their own system. Dollars to donuts, a platform (you name the one) was
> purchased because of a vendors software. There will be some installations
> that develop from scratch, (for example, a vendor) but the purchase of a
> software package has to be the driving force.
>
> >>> David Gibbs <david@midrange.com> 08/05/01 06:30PM >>>
>
> At 05:22 PM 8/5/2001, you wrote:
> >how many NEW customers are using RPG?
> >does anybody know about a new customer (that has never had an
> >AS/400:iSeries:S/38 box before) that is doing RPG development
> >on a new application? Buying an AS/400 to run a vendor package
> >written in RPG does not count.
>
> How many AS400 end-users have bought a system to develop a brand new
> application on?
>
> I think that 95% of AS400 owners bought the system to run a pre-written
> application on.
>
> JMHO,
>
> david
>
>
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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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