Re: Why is the iSeries so slow

["Buck" <buck.calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Now, if those applications truly performed significantly worse...it
> wouldn't be worth the hassle.  In our case the mantra does work - it could
> for many others but it's not a guarantee.  Now, that I've added potential
> fuel to the fire I think I will go back to read mode.....

No, I think you've made my point very well.  In some (many?) circumstances,
a 10% performance hit is acceptable vs. the PC hardware when you think of it
as consolidating the workload and getting rid of some boxes.  Some (many?)
iSeries people may accept that tradeoff as a reasonable cost of doing
business.  And that's OK.  The problem comes in when the PC guys make good
on their claim of being able to do it cheaper AND faster.  Not every shop
has to worry about that particular issue, as they may have a good
centralised IT plan.  We're an ISV, and need to sell the hardware so we can
sell our software.

What I'm getting at is that IBM shouldn't relegate e-tasks to the '10%
slower' bin; rather, I'd like to see e-tasks twice as fast on iSeries as on
cheap PC hardware.  Why make excuses when we could be bragging?
  --buck