Re: % system ASP used . . . : 99.6266

[barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Leif,

The fact that this field shows on DSPSYSSTS/WRKSYSSTS indicates to me that
they are considering this.  I don't know if this was an intentional slip,
or just another "V5R1 oops!" thing.  Clearly they have done, and continue
to do things that are stupider.

With regard to the wisdom of the CFINT tax, this has been strategic to
IBM's pricing philosophies.  Had IBM not done this, hefty CPUs would be
much more expensive today.

IBM doesn't like it, but the AS/400 is by far the most cost effective
solution for interactive programming (this means green screen) in the
world.  Some of my clients believe that it is 7 to 10 times more cost
effective as any other platform!

Al

Al Barsa, Jr.
Barsa Consulting Group, LLC

400>390

914-251-1234
914-251-9406 fax

http://www.barsaconsulting.com
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                    "Leif Svalgaard"
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From: <barsa@barsaconsulting.com>
> Leif,
> With all due respect, I suspect that this is an early warning for the
> "TAXDATABASEUSE" command.  If IBM were to be to be so stupid to do this,
> this would be bad for the system, as it would cause third party databases
> to port to the system.  (And, of course, be less reliable than OS/400.)

I don't think we disagree. I was actually thinking about a 'CFINT'-like
'DBUSE'.
Maybe we'll see a FASTDB400...   IBM was stupid enough to come out with
CFINT, so why not a DBUSE as you suggest?.


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