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Re: power line (AS/400) article in computerworld

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
it takes longer to write and deploy an application on i5/OS than Windows.
the reasons are all technical. C# and .NET are far superior to RPG/ILE.

Yeah, but it's easier to keep running that legacy S/38 software and
buy new hardware every 5 years than to keep current with technology.

IBM doesn't care - every piece of POWER hardware sold is 90-95% profit.


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