RE: Another iSeries bites the dust

Heh. I just bought a 1994 Chevy pickup from my neighbor lady. 67,000 miles
and always been garaged. I had to promise to let her use it to haul
tailgating supplies to Texas State football games.

Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wintermute, Sharon
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:00 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Another iSeries bites the dust


Lukas,

Unsupported software? That's my responsibility. In the last 5 years I
have had to make a total of 3 changes to support his business. If he
doesn't want to upgrade that's his call. You can get replacement parts,
he just didn't have them on-hand. Now he keeps drives on site instead
of waiting.

I disagree with the idea that you have to be on the latest and greatest
to be competitive. Power5 systems are fine if you need that, for his
needs the 150 is perfect. Not running on a power5 is not WRONG.

The definition of a good product is not necessarily that it is "current
and supported" by the manufacturer. As long as it provides a benefit to
the business then it is filling its need.

Don't you realize how many products are "not supported" yet still being
used? Why should I buy that 2009 truck when the 1986 version still
works and can be "supported"?

Don't inflict your bias on others.


Sharon

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lukas Beeler
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 8:44 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: 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.