RE: List of large iSeries companies

I have no idea what Joe is talking about. 

A GOOD business decision was made 10 years ago to outsource CD
duplication and packaging instead of keeping it in house. It was sold to
a company who does this exclusively and who would offer Microsoft great
flexibility and reduced costs.  How you read "technology migration" into
that is amazing.  Nothing was "confirmed" about any systems installed
then or today, since I would have no idea and neither does Joe. 
 
David deLisi 
Microsoft Corporation

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 10:14 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: List of large iSeries companies

Bottom line is that your manufacturing systems never did get migrated
off of
the iSeries onto Windows servers. 

Thank you for confirming that.

Standard operating procedure for replacing "outdated legacy systems":

Step 1: Attempt to migrate iSeries functions to Windows.
Step 2: Outsource.

Joe


> From: David Delisi
> 
> Microsoft **long ago** outsourced all of our manufacturing for
software,
> books, and even hardware like mice, keyboards and Xbox. Development is
> all done in house of course.
> 
> Is it possible that one of the outsource companies might be running an
> i5 somewhere? Sure. Just like many iSeries shops develop for Windows
> (according to the latest study done by iSeries News and LANSA, and
> published this month in the magazine, 45% of iSeries shops are doing
> Windows development (not just running Windows applications like
> Exchange) vs. 3% on Linux,) it would make sense to find someone in the
> Microsoft supply chain running OS/400.  It's a heterogeneous world in
> the enterprise and midmarket segments.