RE: i5 vs. p5

No, earlier this week I posted the System p5 TPC benchmark announcement
( http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/060725/0147104.html ) and the first comment
was "but that's not an iSeries" and it went downhill from there.

What I would like to accomplish is to change attitudes from "can't do"
to "can do."  When I read the announcement that a p5 had broken TCP
benchmarks my first thought was "Great, that'll be on an i5 in less than
6 months!"  But what I heard here was: (yawn)  

How can we support our system with people who don't drink the kool-aid
when we don't even truly support it ourselves?  At the briefing I was at
yesterday the biggest news was the the new version of WebSphere Whatever
for iSeries had GA'd on the same day as the version for all of the other
platforms.  I get discouraged about the state of the iSeries community
when it's all doom and gloom, and IBM doesn't care about us, etc.

Regards,
 
Scott Ingvaldson
iSeries System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group

PS  That 170 I was talking about is still under support and I've never
had any problems with IBM about that.


-----Original Message-----
date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:52:23 -0500
from: "Haase, Justin C." <justin.haase@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: i5 vs. p5

And IBM doesn't make a 170 anymore nor would IBM allow you to install
that much memory and be supported when you had a problem.

What exactly are you trying to accomplish?  pFrankenseries?


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Justin C. Haase - iSeries System Engineer IBM Certified Systems Expert -
System i Kingland Systems Corporation