Re: OS/400 command set

On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Joe Pluta wrote:

> > From: Dennis Lovelady
> >
> > Awright,  No more coffee for Joe.  :)
>
> You know, Dennis, I was going to let this slide, and just take it in the
> mildly humorous way it was intended, but then I thought about it again, and
> I decided not to.  Here's why:
>
> I constantly hear on this list - the MIDRANGE-L list! - about how the
> iSeries doesn't measure up.  I hear comments that other languages are better
> than RPG.  I hear that SQL is better than native DB2.  I hear that a
> dedicated PC beats the crap out of the iSeries for web serving.  I hear that
> iSeries security is suspect.

It is my experience that on every mailing list the harshest critics are
the members of the list.  That is as it should be.  If we do not
consistently point out flaws and weaknesses we will believe our own
bravado and quickly sink into mediocrity.  We have lists to discuss
problems and shortcomings and their solutions.  If we are not honest about
deficientcies, how will we fix them?

Other solutions out there are better than the iSeries for some things.
The iSeries is also better at some things.  The iSeries does not hold the
records for web serving, file sharing, or database transactions.  But that
does not mean it is not an excellent platform.

James Rich