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Re: Another iSeries bites the dust

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Wintermute, Sharon
<Sharon.Wintermute@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
No that's one tough system.

No, that's luck. Running unsupported software on hardware that no
longer has a ready supply for replacements parts is stupid, no matter
which way you put it.

If you're not running at least a POWER5 machine today, you're doing
something wrong.

Note: That doesn't mean you necessarely have to run into a brick wall.
It might work perfectly. Until.

We have some customers that are still running NT4 SBS. Does that make
it a good product in todays world? Hell no. It just means that some of
the customers running really outdates hard and software can get lucky
and not have their entire IT infrastructure fall on their head.


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