Tell them:
1. The AS/400 is long dead. The successor is the IBM i, running on the
POWER 6 processor.
2. Mention the reliability of the system.
3. Mention the virtualization of the system, and the ability to run
programs compiled 25 years ago, on a different processor.
4, Mention that most components in modern systems are hot swappable.
5. Mention it's POSIX compatible
6. Be sure to tell them it also runs Linux.
Steve
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What should I say to a *nix community?
Greetings,
The mailing list of my local Linux users group has a thread asking for
background information about the AS/400. As my name is cited there as
the person to ask, I figure I should submit some comments. Ideas flood
into my mind, but I cannot really expect Linux geeks to care about all I
might say. So I come here asking for your guidance in general and with
some particular questions.
One particular question in the opening message was "why is the AS/400
more popular in Canada than in USA?" I did not even realize that this
is the case. Does anyone here have an explanation?
In general, what should I emphasize?
The thread is "AS/400 How does it look?" on the GTALUG Mailing List
<
http://tlug.ss.org/wiki/Mailing_lists>, for anybody who wants to follow
the discussion or keep me in line <grin />.
Cheers,
Terry.
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