Re: Say Hello to IBM System i5!

[Keith Carpenter <carpcon@xxxxxxx>]

Jerry,

You beat me to it.  The legacy label is amusing given the actual age of
these replacement systems.  Add SAP to this list as well.


Keith



Jerry Adams wrote:
> I realize that Unix is an operating system and that SQL is a language, 
> but I recall hearing about both of those back in the 70's when I started 
> out. 
> 
> 
> My point being:   Unix and SQL are both legacy products.  Which would 
> make Oracle, SQL Server, AIX, Linux (a Unix wannabe), and their ilk all 
> legacy.
> 
> 
> That is not to say that any of these have stood still; to the best of my 
> knowledge there have been incremental improvements to each.  Just as 
> there have been incremental improvements to the AS/400 -> iSeries -> i5.
> 
> 
> So the next time some eunuch (pardon me, Unix) 'guru' or SQL (any 
> variety)  wiz kid throws the word 'legacy' into a conversation regarding 
> the iSeries, just look 'im in the eye and with a condescending look say, 
> 'You're sh*****g me.  Right?'
> 
> 
> And, just for the record, Bell Labs invented Unix, and IBM invented 
> SQL.  Not Oracle, not Microsoft, not Sun.  And who leads the world in 
> patents again?  It sure ain't Oracle, or Microsoft, or any of those wiz 
> kids' favorites.  I don't have any idea how many have been used in the 
> iSeries, but certainly quite a number.
> 
> 
>       * Jerry C. Adams
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> 
> fbocch2595@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>> It's easy to lump all IBM machines, whether mainframe or midrange, as 
>> legacy, don't you think?  
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Keith Carpenter <carpcon@xxxxxxx>
>> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:21:54 -0800
>> Subject: Re: Say Hello to IBM System i5!
>>
>>
>>
>> The large consulting firms who recommend new systems just call it legacy.
>>
>>
>> Jeff Crosby wrote:
>>  
>>
>>>> Whatever the name, 
>>>> seems I always end up having to use "AS/400" as part of the 
>>>> definition. 
>>>>      
>>>>
>>> Not to mention that even the Rochester IBMers refer to it as AS/400 to this
>>> day.  They are in conversations with me this very morning.
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>