Re: Hmmmm.....$1 Billion

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

We must be talking different things here - VB for the longest time did not 
have thread capability, yet was considered event-driven. So you must mean 
something different. One can think of function keys as event-driven, IMO. 
Not as supported by the language or compiler, say, but certainly the 
application waits for user actions.

Ducking!

Vern

At 09:09 AM 3/3/2005, you wrote:
> Unless IBM improves the core OS400, I dont think we will get as good
> results from this spending as we could.
>
> The fact that you cant run multiple threads in an interactive job in
> os400 tells you there are underlying problems with the system code. as
> in bugs. Those "bugs" have remained for a number of releases now so
> the worry is that IBM management has decided OS400 is not worth the
> expense of a major thread safe rewrite.
>
> Threads are important.  Without them you cant implement an event
> driven programming model.  And the popularity of Visual Basic shows
> how productive event driven programming can be.
>
> -Steve
>
>
> On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 09:18:19 -0500, Mike.Crump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <Mike.Crump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;1194359082
> >
> > Notice the point about the US$ billion in the 3rd statement line....and the
> > best kept secret in the 4th statement....and the individuality in the 5th
> > statement....:-)
> >
> > "Claiming the small and medium-sized business (SMB) market was growing at
> > more than three times the pace of the enterprise, IBM is keen to expand its
> > presence in the space, executives said.
> >
> > "We've got to do better in SMB," vice-president of worldwide systems sales
> > with IBM's Systems and Technology Group, Emilie McCabe, said. "We are
> > putting more resources in SMB, sales resources and technical resources."
> >
> > However, many of those resources will come from outside of the division
> > selling the Intel-based xSeries. IBM plans to spend US$1 billion over the
> > next several years reinvigorating its neglected iSeries line of
> > mini-computers, which have long held a foothold in the mid-market.
> >
> > "Our partners said that we've got to improve our image in the marketplace,"
> > general manager of iSeries, Mark Shearer, said. "I have spoken with
> > hundreds of partners and clients around the world and everyone tells me
> > that the iSeries is the best kept secret."
> >
> > One IBM partner was happy to see signs that IBM was reinvesting in iSeries.
> > "They need to give the brand its individuality back," president and chief
> > executive officer of iSeries software developer, NewGeneration Software,
> > Bernard Gough, said."
> >
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