Re: OS/400 command set

Very true.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <Mike.Crump@saint-gobain.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: OS/400 command set


>
> Adam,
>
> Your point is valid and this discussion comes up every time benchmarks are
> thrown out.  Effectively they mean very little to over 90% of the iSeries
> community but then the same point is valid with other platforms.
>
> The point of the response was to support John's response to someone who
> mentioned that the iSeries does not hold records for webserving........the
> response is that it can...........
>
> We can argue ad infinitum over benchmarks.  Personally I would like to
seem
> more numbers down in the trenches (270, 820) but the fact is that this
> stuff costs money and takes time.  However, I'd argue that those
benchmarks
> are not essentially crap - we are all relatively intelligence people, read
> them for what they are.....it's part of the game.