RE: Thats all folks!

> From: Michael R
>
> The rate of change on iSeries has been faster over the last 10
> years because it has had to be faster to catch up.

Catch up to WHAT?  No machine has an integrated HLL/database.  Job control
and performance tuning is about as powerful as you can get.  AS/400
backup/restore features are stronger than just about anybody else.
Debugging on the AS/400, especially through multiple languages, is
incredible.  Failure rate is negligible (with the exception of those d*mned
8GB drives).  One operator can support a room full of machines.  Multiple
language support is unparalleled.  Object security is the most flexible
model available.  Auditing is unmatched.

While the AS/400 has been adopting some of the better features of other
systems, these core strengths still exist, and my POINT is that no other
platform has even come close to the AS/400 in these areas.  No other
platform is changing and evolving like the AS/400.


> IBM has done a very good job of
> bringing iSeries up to the level of other systems on the market. They've
> done this by borrowing from cousins (LPAR) and embracing technology from
> other platforms (Java, Linux).

And yet, while no other platform can match the AS/400, IBM does turn around
and match the competition.  They've not only incorporated other
technologies, but in many cases gone them one better.  No other platform
allows as easy a call from a HLL to Java.  Apache on the AS/400 is by all
accounts better than on any platform.  Even Windows cards get rebooted
<grin>.


So what they've done is incorporate all those other technologies without
sacrificing any part of their legacy systems.  This is what I meant by the
AS/400 evolving more rapidly than any other platform.

Joe