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Absolutely no reflection on the quality of the server, but a big reflection on the market perception and priority. BIG difference.
OS/2 is a very robust o/s...wanna bet your kids college fund on it?PHUN400 is officially closing due to lack of membership attendance and the ability to get good speakers - according to the outgoing chairman.
Don in DC At 01:49 PM 10/30/2006 -0800, you wrote:
I don't think it is fair to equate the status of a users group with the robustness of the i5 product line. I personally believe it is as strong as can be. Replaced with MSAnything? Linux? Ha Ha. The certainly don't even come close to measuring up. I could tell stories all day long why . . . Jerry Draper Don wrote: > Dave, > > you talking about PHUN/400?? > > Don in DC > > At 02:22 PM 10/30/2006 -0700, you wrote: >> I was just notified last week that our last remaining Arizona >> AS/400/iSeries/i5 user group is shutting down. The web site will be left >> up to list jobs until the web hosting payment comes due and then the site >> will be shut down. >> >> I've recommended the group, as they work on a sort-of DB2, should combine >> with the local Southwest Area Relational Users Group as they are a much >> more robust group and the vendor presenters pay the freight. As you can >> see DB2 on the mainframe and ORACLE on multiple platforms are >> thriving. But, of course, the i5ers didn't like that idea. >> >> Much as I hate admit it, I'm afraid the i5 is doomed to be replaced by >> MickySoft Wintel boxes, Linux boxes or perhaps some Unix flavor as they >> are WELL KNOWN and popular. Wow, again, I'm attached to a losing OS; >> first VM, then OS/2 now i5/OS. Dulcinea, Dulcinea (for all you Man of La >> Mancha fans). >> >> Take care, >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> -->> This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list>> To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, >> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l >> or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives >> at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > -- Jerome Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976 iSeries, Network, and Connectivity Specialists -- iSeries, LAN/WAN/VPN Representing WinTronix, Synapse, Netopia, HiT, and others ..... (415) 457-3431; www.trilosoft.com -- This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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