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Hi Ron -

You'll enjoy it. I used to work on HP3K's...good box. You'll find that
DB/2 is as capable as Image. Utilities are similiar. The command
interface is better on iSeries imo. Enjoy, and if you have questions,
this is a good forum.

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:01:48 -0600, "Ron Horner"
<Ronh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Hi all.  I am a HP3000 consultant who is migrating to the AS400.  During
> my
> education of the AS400, I find that many things about both systems are
> the
> same.  This makes the 400 easy to learn for me.  I know that I have a lot
> to
> learn and look forward to the challenge.
> 
> Ron Horner
> Horner Consulting
> www.hornerconsulting.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Al Barsa
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 11:53 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Wall Street Journal
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> No Don,  this is an honest to God iSeries advertisement.  It's wooing
> customers that run HP3000, where it turns out that the 400 is a good
> target
> for porting your code.  The HP3000 world is largely COBOL and a variant
> of
> RPG.  The collating sequence is ASCII, but the 400 handles that well.
> 
> Al
> 
> Al Barsa, Jr.
> Barsa Consulting Group, LLC
> 
> 400>390
> 
> 914-251-1234
> 914-251-9406 fax
> 
> http://www.barsaconsulting.com
> http://www.taatool.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
>              Don
>              <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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>              midrange-l-bounce         Discussion
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>                                                                         cc
> 
>              11/14/2003 12:04                                     
>              Subject
>              PM                        Re: Wall Street Journal
> 
> 
>              Please respond to
>              Midrange Systems
>                  Technical
>                 Discussion
>              <midrange-l@midra
>                  nge.com>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Al,
> 
> if this is the one I saw yesterday, you sure it wasn't another xSeries
> add
> that just happened to mention iSeries in it?
> 
> Uh, considering the continued barrage of VERY EFFECTIVE marketing by
> Microsoft for Windows 2003, that back pager that had iseries written so
> small I had to borrow the college's scanning electron microscope to see
> it is just a poor excuse for a paultry token drop in a bucket.
> 
> Don
> 
> On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Al Barsa wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Would it surprise you to know that I don't scour the New York Times or
> the
> > Wall Street Journal for iSeries advertising?
> >
> > So when I got your note, I went out and got a copy of the WSJ.  Amazing,
> an
> > iSeries ad!
> >
> > It was a tad cold of IBM to point out the trademarks of IBM and
> Micro$oft,
> > and to lump the HP (Who the ad was focused on.  It was pointing out that
> HP
> > stopped shipping the HP3000 on October 31) into "other vendors".  (You
> need
> > to read the fine print.)
> >
> > Anne, the next time you are going to do something staggering, like an
> > iSeries advertisement, how about posting a note the day before so we can
> > pick up whatever newspaper it is and show it to our bosses, who have
> grown
> > to feel that the AS/400 or iSeries is irrelevant, because IBM never
> > mentions it.
> >
> > Al
> >
> > PS:   What does a full page ad in the WSJ cost?
> >
> > Al Barsa, Jr.
> > Barsa Consulting Group, LLC
> >
> > 400>390
> >
> > 914-251-1234
> > 914-251-9406 fax
> >
> > http://www.barsaconsulting.com
> > http://www.taatool.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >              Anne Lucas
> >              <alucas@xxxxxxxxx
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> To
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> cc
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> >
> Subject
> >                                        Wall Street Journal
> >              11/14/2003 11:15
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> >
> >
> >              Please respond to
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Did anyone see the Wall Street Journal iSeries ad today?
> >
> >
> > ************
> > Have a blessed day!!
> >
> > Anne C. Lucas, iSeries Retention Program Manager & Customer
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> >
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