Re: Slashdiot article about P6

Steve Richter wrote:

that's my point, Keith. The community should be angry at IBM. They are
not investing in the platform, the hardware is geared down and it is
way overpriced. If IBM does not want to be in the i5/OS business -
they should sell the platform to someone who does.

I can't get angry over the fact that IBM wants to make a profit.  If you
think you can do better, then why not apply the job.  Make all the
investments and lower the price.  Of course, you'll need to show how
you'll increase revenues to recoop it.

I dont know. I am not convinced that getting the ILE C compiler to
compile GNU C packages is impossible.  i5/OS might need DB2, but user
application code can use any database. You just need an RPG
precompiler and the APIs to call.  My guess is database systems
written in C could be ported to native i5, and if the hardware ran at
modern, dual quad core speeds, it would be a viable alternative to
DB2.

Oracle has decided that linux is their OS.  No RPG compiler, but it
already runs their database on cheap fast hardware.

What about Zend? Would be great if that company bought i5/OS. They
know how to write great software.

Doubtful they are big enough.  But assuming they were to write a new OS,
what features of i5/OS would you be looking for ?