Re: itjungle: Bye Bye System p and i, Hello Power Systems

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

A weak case. It's a wonderful idea to drag users kicking and screaming
into the 90s, but some folks still want their reports. I support
customers, not ideals.

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  > Spooled output on *NIX is abysmal,
>  > and the third party tools bring that level up to tolerable at best.
>
>  a case can be made that spooled files and output queues are outdated
>  in the age of PDF and XML files.  Users want to do a lot more with
>  their spooled output than just print it.  PDF can be printed anywhere.
>   Users want to extract data from their reports and import into a
>  spreadsheet. XML is better for that purpose than i5/OS spooled files.
>
>  -Steve
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