I'm not sure how any of what you just said factors into the math they are using to show:
"44% less than x86, Microsoft Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server", and "57% less than x86, Linux, Oracle DB".
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From: Pete Helgren [pete@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:58 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: cloud services with new development on IBM i on Power
The first item you found humorous is, I am afraid, quite common. Anyone
who has been on the MS treadmill knows that each major version has a hit
on end users or development. Either the UI has changed or the API's are
radically different: Office 2003 vs Office 2007/10/13, Access 2000 vs
Access 2003/10/13. As a MS developer and former MS marketer, I
experienced WAY to much pain when our friends in Redmond decided to
change API's with no backward compatibility. Their UI's, API's and
licensing changes, seemingly on a whim, made the move to Java and PHP SO
much of a gift that, outside of occasional contract work on .Net
applications I stick with RPG, Java and PHP, all of which run on i (and
on Windows 2000 thru Windows 8 - can you say that about VB.net apps
developed in 2000?)
So yeah, I have a customer running a Power 7 box with IBM i 7.1 running
apps with some components developed in 1985 along with Java and PHP
apps. They have a Windows server stuck at 2003 and MSSQL 2005 to
support some applications that cannot move. This is real world and worth
comparing.
What I like best about the comparison is not so much the horsepower
comparisons as to WHY there might be any applications STILL running
Windows 2003 and MSSQL 2005: Why, because MS doesn't care about you
retaining your investment. Short term gain == long term pain when you
partner with Microsoft. You may not feel it, but your customers will.
Pete Helgren
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java
On 5/16/2013 4:11 PM, Matt Olson wrote:
1. They use the latest software of IBM I, and compare it to Windows 2003 in a report that came out in 2010!!! Why are they using such an OLD operating system and database platform (SQL 2005). This is like comparing IBM I Power 7 box to a 286 running DOS. Of course IBM I would win when you make these kinds of comparisons. At this point in time SQL 2008 R2 and Server 2008 R2 were out at the time, they could have virtualized everything without buying VMWare, and setup a cluster with built in software to the OS. But instead they decide to purposely make IBM i shine by making terrible comparisons.
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