Re: interesting /. story on RPG

["Patrick Townsend" <patownsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My thinking is that when customers leave the AS/400 they typically go to NT
on a non-IBM platform (usually Dell if industry statistics are correct). A
double whammy: non-IBM and proprietary. If it were easy to run AS/400
applications on Linux IBM would have an opportunity to sell IBM servers and
the customer would go to an open operating system where IBM has a better
chance to play. And when those customers outgrow the Dell the iSeries will
be waiting to bring them back into the fold.

People who like the AS/400 aren't going to leave it. I see this as a way for
IBM to stem the flow of companies to NT/Dell/Compaq.

Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: <thomas@inorbit.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: interesting /. story on RPG


Patrick:

On Thu, 21 February 2002, "Patrick Townsend" wrote:

> One great thing about the AS/400 is the rich set of business applications
> available for the platform. Wouldn't it be great for IBM if all of these
> suddenly ran on Linux? I think it could spark a huge set of new
> opportunities.

I can see plenty of opportunities for IBM in the Linux arena, but pretty
much none of those opportunities closely relate to the set of AS/400
business apps around the world. How would IBM benefit from AS/400 business
apps ported/running under Linux? Seems to me the biggest effect would be a
drop in revenue from reduced iSeries sales.

Tom Liotta

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