RE: i5....continues...

["Shannon ODonnell" <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Frank says this at every one of his public appearances. He's been saying it
since at least 1997. I'm not saying he's wrong. Just that he's been singing
this song for a long time. 


Shannon O'Donnell

 


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces+sodonnell=irish-studios.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces+sodonnell=irish-studios.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Ingvaldson, Scott
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 1:14 PM
To: 'midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: i5....continues...

I was at a talk Frank Soltis gave last year or the year before and he made
the statement that Windows would be ported to POWER architecture within (I
think it was 18) months after 64 bit Windows was GA'ed.  

So how long has 64 bit Windows been out?  6 months?

Regards,

Scott Ingvaldson
iSeries System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group

-----Original Message-----
date: Fri, 07 May 2004 13:59:26 -0400
from: Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: i5....continues...

This remains the "golden bullet" for the I/E/400 machines.

They can do it(already have in labs) but I suspect they have held back on
this for some "other" reasons....

If they can put Linux and Aix in a little partition, do you really think
Windows(any version) is a real challenge ???

This rumor of running Windows "native" has been around as long I can
remember and frankly I don't know why IBM has resisted this for so long...

But  ....just think how many desk tops would be replaced by one server in
most shops...

Can you imagine how much revenue IBM gets from selling PC's and the required
support in the larger instalations ???

Soooo, is Windows on a single server a good idea ????

Pete Helgren wrote:

> "and soon to be announced a 64 bit MS Windows server version running 
> "native" on a 9406 partition)"
> 
> Is this just rumor or is there any documented substance to this?  All 
> I
saw
> in the webcast was xSeries integrated server technologies (read: Intel 
> inside i5 or cabled to i5).
> 
> A true native Windows partition would be a "deal saver" for many of 
> our customers gravitating to .Net.  If we can do "both, and" on the 
> i5,
running
> Windows like we can Linux does in an LPAR, that would be perfect.
   
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