Re: Microsoft goes after the iSeries

The smartest reason to partner up with Microsoft is to position
yourself for acquisition by Microsoft.  It's a good financial move, it
solves a difficult estate planning problem (business valuation), and
it's a way to reward employees.  What Microsoft doesn't have, it buys.

-reeve


On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 00:16:06 -0600, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Up until now, I had been a fan of ASNA and their products.  That all
> changed when I read the following:
> 
> http://www.theserverside.net/news/thread.tss?thread_id=30588
> 
> The "Midrange Alliance Program" is Microsoft taking DIRECT aim at the
> iSeries, encouraging people to move off the platform to some
> cobbled-together wannabe.
> 
> They first tried the mainframe market, using a combination of Fujitsu
> hardware and Fujitsu NetCOBOL.  I'm not sure how well that's going (my
> guess is NOT), so now they've somehow convinced ASNA to jump to the dark
> side.
> 
> They're also partnering with the fine folks at California Software.  Now
> even Microsoft gets it... the vast panoply of RPG applications is simply
> too large to replace, so instead they want to move it lock, stock and
> barrel to Windows.
> 
> Since it can't beat the iSeries, MS will attempt to absorb it.  In that
> vein, .NET becomes the great amorphous blob under which all things can
> run.  The IT department is reduced to a common mediocrity in hardware
> AND software.
> 
> "One .NET to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."
> 
> Joe
> 
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