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>. But it appears, that's not where IBM wants to compete. considering the other "low-cost" OS vendor is taking 30 days to fix some major flaws, issueing daily Security Notices. As many of us have so often pointed out, I wouldn't bet the business on such a moving target. I have no interest in an IBM that would chase after the lowest common denominator. Look at IBMs PC business as such an attempt. jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan M. Andelin" <nandelin@relational-data.com> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 7:57 PM Subject: Re: interesting /. story on RPG > > From: "Scott Klement" <klemscot@klements.com> > > Now, if IBM would write an SLIC for an Intel box so you > > can run OS/400 on Intel hardware... THAT would be useful :) > > That idea came to my mind at the beginning of this thread. I tried to > imagine what IBM would think of it. If OS/400 ran on Intel servers, would > it be able to compete against Windows, Linux, and others? > > After OS/2 failed to make money, IBM seems to have conceded the Intel > operating system market to Microsoft and others. Now the focus of IBM is on > tools, middleware, and services. > > It's pretty clear there's a big market for low cost server operating > systems. But it appears, that's not where IBM wants to compete. > > Nathan M. Andelin > www.relational-data.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > >
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