Re: Hmmmm.....$1 Billion

["Booth Martin" <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am curious why an event driven model must have multi-threading?  Isn't any
code that has *NOMAIN in the H-spec essentially event driven?  There is no
cycle, right?    
 
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Booth Martin
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From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: 03/03/05 20:20:55
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Hmmmm.....$1 Billion
 
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."
> >
> > Michael Crump
> > Manager, Computing Services
> > Saint-Gobain Containers
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> >
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