Re: Cheaper Servers?

[Dr Syd Nicholson <sydnic@xxxxxxxxxx>]

What one gains is stability, and reliablity. It would not be a client,
it would not be a separate machine. It would be a console. It does not
rule out other clients, people are still free to choose.

What one gains is a machine that stands by itself. It does not rely on
MS Windows for its existence.

It would not necessarily replace the other console connections. If IBM
went this way, hopefully people would still be free to choose.

It would not be biult in. Instead I envision standard video, keyboard,
and mouse out ports, much as you would expect on a PC. Any standard
display (plug and play?), keyboard and mouse should be capable of being
used. But they would not need to be connected up if you use something
else for the console.

Remember, its a console, its task would be primarily administrative.
However, it would make the machine more portable when it comes to demos,
etc. It also makes it much easier for IBM to make significant in roads
into the NT server market.

Syd Nicholson



rob@dekko.com wrote:

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>my goal?? -- To allow the iSeries to be a stand alone box with its own
>console. I don't see why this console needs to be a separate machine.
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>For what purpose?
>- demos
>- development
>- replace all desktops with os/400?
>
>I am just trying to see what the big advantage is to a built in console.
>As far as I am concerned a built in console locks you into a specific
>client.  Shouldn't one be free to chose?
>
>
>Rob Berendt
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>"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
>Benjamin Franklin
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