Re: Cheaper Servers?

[Dr Syd Nicholson <sydnic@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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>Syd
>       There really have been no 'standards' to speak of, during my entire 
>career in IT.
>       For that reason, there is a necessity to design any new os, with other 
>players in mind.
>       Just think of all the MS guys who might be clamouring to get 
>aboard.....LOL
>Ken
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OS/400 is the best OS I have ever been able to experience. I don't think
it needs redesigned, just extended. Certainly, when creating , or
extending any new OS, it is vital that the other OS's can communicate,
and existing applications can run.

The iSeries relies on Windows for its existence, because without Windows
there is no CA/400, Operations console, etc. If IBM do away with Twinax
an iSeries system cannot be administered without a Windows PC being
present. Microsoft would have the oportunity of a lifetime, they could
hold IBM to ransom. They could make changes and not document the
interface. Even partially disabling the use of the iSeries would
increase sales of NT at the expense of IBM. If IBM succeed in making
serious inroads into the server market at the expense of NT, you can bet
your bottom dollar that Microsoft will react.

That is why I think the iSeries should have its own console. It should
be able to stand alone. It should stand proud, not a subservient slave
to some other operating system, no matter who wrote it.

Syd