RE: CFINT/IBM's failure to provide AD tools

Tom,

I think there are a lot of people, in both the iSeries Division and the
Server Group, who would like to see the iSeries go "back to the future".

I posted a while back, that the follow-on to the iSeries should be called
the i/38, for that reason.  It should run CPF, but re-marketed as the
"Central Processor Foundation".  I think that may be a little to i-centric,
though, so probably won't fly...:-(  But just in case, IIRC, I reserved a
couple domain names for the iNation to use...

It would be some powerful marketing though, if the i and pSeries were ever
combined.  Everyone's heard of the pSeries, or could easily be made aware
the the pSeries = RS/6000 = *nix.  The coup would be portraying the
follow-on as unequaled by anything else, because it combines the well-known
pSeries with an unknown, but in a few respects, even superior iSeries.
Like, for example: a command line interface for *nix that is a souped up
version of QCMD.  There are still an awful lot of pSeries users who swear by
the command-line interface...  And they've never even seen a decent one!
They're kill for one with the F4=prompt capability, don't ya thin...?

jt


> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of thomas@inorbit.com
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 8:27 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: CFINT/IBM's failure to provide AD tools
>
>
> Philip:
>
> On Mon, 12 November 2001, "Hall, Philip" wrote:
>
> > But it took such a long time for the iSeries to catch up with
> the rest of
> > the development/runtime world by having 'ILE' - none of it's
> concepts are
> > unique to the iSeries, or software development, they just
> finally got there.
>
> Saying "catch up" is something of an unfair characterization in
> the AS/400 world. To many, this is seen as a step backwards.
> Maybe 40+ years backwards. <g>
>
> Tom Liotta
>
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