Re: AS/400 keeps reinventing itself

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Jensen" <brad@elstore.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 6:23 PM
Subject: AS/400 keeps reinventing itself


> only server in the industry to allow customers to run four
> different
> operating systems simultaneously: OS/400 (the native operating
> system
> of the AS/400); Unix; Windows NT or Windows 2000; and Linux. IBM
> also

Hollow and false, you must install a different processor (and a slow one at
that) to run the NT or W2K.

> Q: Why are people buying them?
> A: The AS/400 has a very loyal following. This customer base
> doesn't
> usually worry about speeds and feeds, what MHz the chip is or
> what
> the machine's cache is. Those attributes are not important,
> because
> this customer base is typically not about pushing the
> state-of-the-art. They want an application tailored to a

Exactly. Supports existing customer base only. If you want good, better get
something else....


I don't know how you can call this uplifting.... it's the same marketing
that IBM has been doing on this box for years now...


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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

"I want to be different, just like everybody else!"
  - Ceili Rain