Re: Why is the iSeries so slow

That would be me, but was the new IT Director *sigh*  When he was hired and
I debriefed him on the network and that I was running Linux for all the
servers, he called it a "toy".

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Harvey" <ron.harvey2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: Why is the iSeries so slow


> David,
>
> I seem to remember someone quoting a CEO/CFO here about a week or so ago
which went something like:
>
> "Well, if the software is from Microsoft, it has to be good"
>
> Ah yes, living in cloud, head in the sand and all those other clichés.
>
>
>
> <snip>
>
> Unfortunately, evidence seems to indicate that most CFO's (and CIO's,
> who should really know better) in the world fall in the opposite
> category... otherwise iSeries would be the predominant system and
> Windows would just be a toy (not to say that Windows isn't a toy).
>
> david
>
> p.s. I would argue that CFO's should not be making IT security decisions
> ... they should set criteria, and the CIO should make the decisions to
> satisfy the criteria.
>
>
>
>
>
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