i5/os by ? (was: Slashdiot article about P6)

albartell wrote:

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

to write great software.

This sounds like a rash statement, but I am going to ask anyways... What
have they written that is even close to an operating system like OS/400
(a.k.a. i5/OS). Having the most popular web programming language doesn't
mean they can consume an operating system.

Exactly ... do they have anywhere NEAR the resources to develop, test,
and support i5/os?

Nothing against Zend ... I think they are a find company ... but I don't
think they have anywhere near the resources required.  IBM is absolutely
second to NONE when it comes to QA and support on the iSeries.

Some of the primary reasons that companies that DO use the iBox is
because of it's reliability, stability, and support.  If that were to be
 brought into question in the SLIGHTEST, some of the biggest users of
the system would abandon it in droves (at least IMHO).  I feel much
better about the financial industry knowing that a number of the largest
banks in the world rely on System i / iSeries / AS400.

david