RE: iSeries vs. Unix vs. SQL Server vs. Oracle

If M$ had not spent so much time and money to squash the story, Dr. Frank 
Soltis would still be telling it. Where there's smoke.....


Paul Nelson
Arbor Solutions, Inc.
708-670-6978  Cell
pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx




"Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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John, this is probably not a supportable fact. 

There are several versions of the story.  One is that the iSeries are in a
Microsoft distribution center in Ireland, and another is that the iSeries
are in use in Japan.   A third version has to do with a building in 
Redmond
with mirrored windows on the first floor.  Supposedly there are iSeries
lined up behind that glass.  Another version is that the iSeries were 
"sold"
to a third party vendor who now operates them for Microsoft doing just 
what
was being done before and in this way making it true that MS no longer 
runs
iSeries. 
 
However there is no evidence to suggest that Microsoft runs its business 
on
iSeries either directly or indirectly. In fact Microsoft has spent time 
and
energy squashing this particular urban legend. 

The photo is true - that sure looks like an iSeries screen to me.  :)
 
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Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com
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From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Monday, August 04, 2003 11:49:06 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: iSeries vs. Unix vs. SQL Server vs. Oracle
 
Tell your CFO that Microsoft owns and operates iSeries systems and has 
done
it's accounting and management reports on AS/400's and iSeries systems for
years with a downtime of less than 1%.
When they put out Windows XP, the little sales pitch of pictures and
functionality (the tour) included a Microsoft person sitting on the edge 
of
one of their iSeries systems.
Enough said.
 
John Brandt
iStudio400.com

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