Re: IBM i hosting "in the cloud"

Michael,

Many customers will take ANY reason to move off the IBM i platform. If you need a utility or open source bit that is not available it's just another nail in the coffin lid. "They don't even have xxx. Why should I stay." I have used many bits and pieces from people like Scott Klement and the COMMON Yips. Customer is happy, workload stays put.

Also who knows what the folks looking for time on the box are really trying to do. Some may be doing open source but others may be working on the next cool app. Maybe it sells boxes maybe not but we all know that OS/2 didn't die because it was technically inferior, it died because nobody could afford to program on it until it was too late. We don't want that to be the reason people leave IBM i.

- Larry

On 5/14/2010 8:29 AM, Michael Ryan wrote:

Not to be a Debbie Downer, but why is this beneficial to IBM? I don't think
people are going to buy new Power systems to run open source software,
especially when that open source software is probably already running on
some other (read cheaper) platform. It may very well be beneficial to IBM
users, but I'm not sure of the value to IBM. Thoughts?

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Schmidt, Mihael<Mihael.Schmidt@xxxxxxxxxxx

wrote:

... and especially when it comes to open source projects (which are a hobby
of mine) I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars (euros) for a box. This
is where IBM must step in and offer at least a platform/host on which I can
develop some open source software. I don't know why IBM does not recognize
that this would be very beneficial to them.

My 0.02 €

Mihael