RE: Wow.

Wow is right Joe.

This bothers me.  Particularly the hardware matters blurb:
"Hardware Matters

Think you need to spend $266,000 for a secure, enterprise-class server for your 
iSeries applications and data? Think again. Fujitsu now offers a server with 
99.999% uptime that comes bundled with Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000, 
as well as the Microsoft .NET Framework, but at a fraction of the cost of an 
iSeries."

I'd love to hear from those who do write for iSeries Network, Scott Klement for 
instance.

Charles Wilt
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 1:18 PM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: Wow.
> 
> 
> <disclaimer>
> I write for MCPress, and have done so now for many years.  My 
> books are
> published by them as well, so take this post with the 
> appropriate grain
> of salt.
> </disclaimer>
> 
> I found out today that iSeries Network has leapt brazenly 
> into bed with
> Microsoft.  They are in fact teaming up with Microsoft for 
> the "Midrange
> Modernization Tour" (shall we call it ".Net-apalooza") in which they
> promote the concept of "integrating" the iSeries into your 
> "enterprise".
> 
> By this they mean first moving your applications off of the iSeries,
> using it as a big SQL server, and then finally moving your data to SQL
> Server.  They pay some lip service to "integration", but the primary
> players in this are folks like ASNA and their Monarch 
> migration tool, or
> Iteration2 which migrates SAP customers to Microsoft Axapta.
> 
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/midrange/default.mspx
> 
> It's starting to get ugly, and it's interesting to watch who 
> jumps ship
> first.
> 
> Joe
> 
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