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BULLSHIT.
Pure bullshit.
Power is the hardware. I wish I could share with everyone how much
revenue that IBM I contributes to Power. Suffice it to say, IBM i is
adding money not just to Power, but to the entire IBM corporation. IBM I
has been extremely profitable, and the revenue generated from IBM I is
noticed within the entire Power organization, if not the entire IBM
organization. For those of us who run IBM I, there are future plans
going out many many years (sorry, I can't get into details), do not
believe the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) that AIX is the only
operating system that IBM cares about (or that the Power people care
about). Is AIX important to IBM, you bet it is. Is IBM I important to
IBM, you bet it is. If IBM I wasn't in the picture, the Earning per
Share of IBM stock would be affected.
It annoys me to no end when people try to spread the FUD around, that IBM
only cares about AIX. Yes, IBM has screwed up the marketing of the
naming of IBM I (the old OS/400), but you can cry about it just like you
can cry about the new layout of Facebook.
For those people who have nothing good to say about IBM I, I say leave
the platform and see if you can find something 1/2 as good. For those
remaining, this is your community. This is your livelihood. Make
constructive criticism. Don't argue about what could have been, should
have been, and names. If you want something there are avenues to get
enhancements, new features, etc. I know the COMMON CAAC & the Large User
Group have put forth quite a lot of requirements for i5/OS at the time,
and something like over 65% have made it into IBM i. This is due to the
fact that Steve Will and his team are listening and working with our
community. They have done a great job determining which features and
functions provide the most value, and putting those into the various
releases. Do we get everything, no, but we sure got some great stuff in
these last few releases.
If I have hurt anyone's feelings, that wasn't the intension. Don, you
were the straw that broke the camel's back. If all we concentrate on is
the negative, then when people outside of IBM I Google on these
discussions, they are going to feel and believe that the machine is not
moving forward, when that isn't the case. Promote the platform that you
work on, tell others how good the machine is, don't just tell each other
on this list, go out and tell people about Watson, and that is the same
platform that you run your business on. Is it the same OS, NO, but it is
the exact same Power platform.
Pete
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Pete Massiello
iTech Solutions
www.itechsol.com
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 2:22 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Classes for IBMi/iSeries?
Dennis,
The things that you're as WELL AWARE of as many of the rest of us include:
1. This o/s is known (thanks to IBM ineptness) by many names, and these
names are ACCEPTED BY INDUSTRY when talking about the broad category of
systems that run OS/400, uh, I mean i/os, un, I mean..... All of us
(with one or 2 exceptions) generally seem to understand what the others
are talking about.
2. Also as I believe you're well aware of, when IBM says "POWER" they're
specifically referring and wanting you to be running AIX. To IBM,
os/400(or
whatever) is and has been just another add on legacy (THEIR TERMS) o/s.
Keep in mind that AIX, is just another mutation of UNIX - BOTH operating
environments which have been around for as long or longer than CPF or
OS/400
- yet for some reason IBM hasn't decided to morph their names along with
the
seasons... Ever wonder why?
OK, back to our naps...I'm sure trevor will have some retort but I'm sure
my spam filter is still working... :)
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