RE: Thats all folks!

["Al Karman" <Alk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Does Joe Work For IBM?...]:-)

I may be missing some point or other here, but we ARE talking about
hardware and not a lifestyle commitment.

Great box, good box, crappy box....irrelevant.  It's proprietary in an
'open' world and sadly will arrive at the same place as other fine
proprietary systems.

It's always been about $$$, these days more so than ever
before.....let's not delude ourselves into thinking there's any great
flight towards 'quality'.

Flame_protection_suit On.

Al Karman
Director of Information Technology
Lady Remington Jewelry
alk@ladyremingtonjewelry.com
630.860.3323

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:07 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Thats all folks!

> From: Shahan, Ray
>
> <ahem>, folks, this is the AS400 newbie (18 year hp veteran), and I'd
like
> to offer a different point. All of you speak of the AS400 in
> terms of  it's
> 'better than anything else out there'...let's just clear that up
> quickly...it isn't.

I'm never going to let this statement slide.  The AS/400 is the best
business application development platform out there, period.  Any
application that has to do with ledgers and accounts and inventory and
all
that sort of good stuff, runs best on an AS/400.  RPG is the best
language
for writing that type of busniess logic, although there are COBOL people
who
might disagree.

No other platform matches the AS/400 in this type of environment for
ease of
development, scalability, and total cost of ownership.  Nothing.  If you
disagree, please show me some numbers.

Joe

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