RE: 64 bit Windows...

I once heard Frank Soltis say (perhaps it was about 5 years ago) that the
AS/400 is at the point where Microsoft and Intel want to be in 5 years, and
when they get there, IBM can flip some switches and go to 96 or 128 bit
processors (and your software will still run).

Nice crystal ball, huh?


Paul Nelson
Arbor Solutions, Inc.
708-670-6978  Cell
pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx




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To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 04/28/2005 08:05AM
Subject: RE: 64 bit Windows...

> From: Walden H. Leverich
>
> I know what I think everytime I read a statement that's along the
lines
> of "so what, we've had that for xxx years, and you're just getting it
> now." I think, "so what, I've got it now too. What do you have that I
> don't have w/my windows solution." Look, Ford was pumping out Model Ts
> long before Toyota heard of a car, but that doesn't mean that I sould
be
> driving a Model T today. What you provided me yesterday is useless, I
> can get it anywhere, what are you going to provide me tomorrow?

Oh ugh. I'll respond, primarily because I feel weird if I don't respond
to a Walden Wuvs Windows (C) post <grin>. But this is a REALLY bad
analogy. The iSeries is hardly a Model T. It's a hemi-powered Mustang
convertible. We had the technology ten years ago, and we've made it
work.

And that's the issue. Windows is JUST BARELY getting into the world of
64-bit. And if you remember the pain and suffering of moving from
16-bit to 32-bit, you'd be wildly over-optimistic to expect a smooth
transition here. I don't expect 64-bit Windows to be fully functional
for years.

When we say we've had a feature for ten years, we mean we've had it,
worked out the kinks, and incorporated it into our base package from the
ground up.

Typically when Windows says they have a feature, it means they've got it
in alpha test stage on a few selected applications, with a nasty
thunking interface for everyone else (those of you old enough to
remember 16-bit Windows probably remember "thunking" - for the
edification of everybody else, that was the official name for using
16-bit pointers with a "32-bit" interface).

Joe

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