RE: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

I was sort of under the impression that iSeries Navigator or IBM
Director (not to mention the myriad of client front ends) might count as
a modern GUI interface.  I'm more worried about the old school AS400
people who refuse to learn to use these tools.

No one complains about Linux or Unix admins who do their heavy lifting
using character based interfaces.

As Joe said, "The fact that the iSeries supports all those technologies
IN ADDITION TO all the technologies offered by other operating systems
is a benefit, not a disadvantage."

The i5/Series is really the ultimate consolidation platform; almost
nothing is incompatible with it, almost anything will run on it in some
shape or form.  What other box can say that?

Regards,
 
Scott Ingvaldson
iSeries System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group


-----Original Message-----
date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:07:25 -0500
from: "Trevor Perry" <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

Just like the original IBM PC moved from DOS and green to Windows
(hmmmm, 
how long ago was that??), you might want to consider that a modern GUI 
interface would render the naysayers silent. A more complex green screen

character block mode terminal would not fare as well..


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James H H Lampert"
Subject: Re: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence


> Don't ask me. I'm still puzzled by the idea that people
> would want to clutter up their Windoze/Mac/Linux screen
> with emulation sessions instead of using a real terminal.
> Maybe if more users had the common sense to insist on real
> terminals, 5250 terminal development would have advanced
> as far as X-terminal development, and things like
> programmable mouse button support and GUI elements that
> are doable on 348x terminals would actually have some
> operating system (not to mention SDA) support.
>
> (Think of it this way: something that comes in a box
> marked "Roland," "Korg," "Yamaha," or "Casio," and plugs
> into a wall, and plays through speakers, is AN EMULATOR.
> Something that has real pipes, blown by real wind, or real
> strings, either struck by real hammers or plucked by real
> picks [whether made of quills, leather, or Delrin], and
> has a nameplate that says "Flentrop," "Steinway," or "John
> Challis," is THE REAL THING.)
>
> --
> JHHL