Re: news400 goes negative on IBM?

One can only hope that after selling off the Printing Division (Lexmark), 
Storage Division (Hitachi) and PC Division (Lenovo) that they might sell 
off the iSeries division.  THEN we'd probably see some serious hardball 
promotion from the new owners, who may just revive the AS/400 name.
Then again, Microsoft or Oracle might just buy it to kill it off, and I 
might win $50,000,000 in a lottery and retire tomorrow.  :-)

...Neil




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Would would be some examples of the Golden Geese they're
talking about?

Brad


On Fri, 20 May 2005 09:28:33 -0700
 Keith Carpenter <carpcon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Just throw in a little "needs to be more like .NET" and
> you're hooked.
> 
> I doubt chasing Microsoft and .NET would be a good
> strategy for IBM. Seems to me that if you want .NET you
> might as well run windows.  Open source projects like
> Mono may provide some .NET portability, but they are
> incomplete and may lead into legal issues with Microsoft.
> 
> Unfortunately it will take more than a better free form
> RPG to rejuvenate iSeries sales.  You have to convince
> software developers why they should develop for a
> proprietary OS using a language that only runs on that
> system.  A tough sell.  It's easier for Microsoft since
> windows is considered a standard (rightly or wrongly).
> 
> Not sure if any one remembers, but in the early days of
> the AS/400, the A was for Application.  The box sold
> because of there was a large choice of applications for
> the 400.  Today most of these packages are gone or no
> longer under active development.
> 
> It's kind of sad to see 400 shops switching to Oracle
> when it's neither technically or economically superior.
> 
> 
> Keith
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Steve Richter wrote:
> >I cant afford the iSeriesNetwork.com fee based site so I
> dont get to
> >read the news400 magazine anymore.  But I do receive
> their daily
> >email.  I noticed yesterday two articles very critical
> of IBM.   One
> >an article by Paul Conte:
> >
> >"IBM needs to deliver free-format D-specs (and P-specs)
> for ILE RPG,
> >and SOON! If we're worried about i5 image and
> productivity, a top
> >priority should be the application "lingua franca" of
> the system. Can
> >you imagine Windows Server and .NET offering a language
> that still
> >requires fixed-format, positional entries? ..."
> >
> >The other was a link to an opinion piece basically
> calling for the CEO
> >of IBM to be fired ( my sentiments exactly )
> >http://www.technewsworld.com/story/42894.html
> >
> >If iSeriesNetwork.com keeps this up I might actually
> become a subscriber again!
> >
> >-Steve

> 

Bradley V. Stone
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