Re: Say Hello to IBM System i5!

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.
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>