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  3. November 2006

Re: MS Vista and iSeries Access support

Perhaps (like most vendors) MS does not operate the way they used to, but
I can remember the days when new MS versions created backward compatibility
issues for many vendors, not just IBM. MS makes no claim that 100% of DOS, 3.1,95,2000,millenium, XP can all run on Vista. MS cannot afford to create such a disruption in the marketplace. Let's hope Vista is everything there marketing says it is... more stable, more secure. 
As to the cost - we just live in different worlds:
MS charges by the release, but takes years to get major functionality released. i5/OS charges for purchase, then annual software maintenance, adding much of the new functionality in a steadier stream. But then comparing desktop software to server software has always been (to me) pointless. I would bet MS is or was tinkering with the internals right up to the final cut: and that is why not only IBM but many vendors wait to get the real product.
I asked the original question because I think many out there would "think" Vista "should" be compatible with already shipped & installed IBM iSeries Access yet history tells us otherwise. 
jim
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Richter" <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: MS Vista and iSeries Access support



On 11/13/06, albartell <albartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>They made over $4B in pre tax profits this past quarter - that tells you >a 
lot of customers like their products.

I can't help but comment on this :-)  When Microsoft makes money it means
they changed something and want you to pay for it.  M$ makes money from
selling software. If they don't come out with new versions and force you to 
upgrade they don't make money.


Well I would guess the bulk of their business comes sales to customers
buying new PCs.  But there are very good reasons for a business to pay
$500 to upgrade the software used by the average $50K salaied employee
- the new stuff is much improved from the old.   My Windows XP is
better than W2K. The latest IE that was a free download has great
fonts - completely eliminates eye strain.  The security features in
Vista promise to be a very good reason to upgrade.


If you factor out forced upgrades I bet M$
wouldn't make half of that $4B. One just can't simply equate how much money 
a company makes to how happy their clients are with their products.


I am unaware of software compatibility problems that force users to
upgrade. Very curious to know why client access cant run on Vista.
Could be it is not written to use the .NET managed code framework.

-Steve
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