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> From: James Rich > > Do you really mean there would be no market for any other machine? I > don't think you do. Do you mean there would be no market for any other DB > server (i.e. Oracle would go away as would mysql, postgres, SAP, etc.)? I think marketed properly that the AS/400 could achieve a level of marketshare in the database application market enjoyed currently by Microsoft on the desktop. To say all others would all go away was meant as hyperbole. I apologize for any confusion. You of course are right that you need bare-metal communications machines. Of course, that could've been the Series/1, which come to think of it would have made one heck of a Linux platform (although I think EDX would have worked just as well for the apps we see most often on Linux today). With OS/2 on the desktop, we could easily be working in entirely blue shops. Scary thought... Joe
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