Re: What is an IBM Power Server really?

"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 06/14/2018
12:39:13 PM:

I think calling IBM i a GUI would be confusing and unhelpful. The
question presupposes that the audience has heard of Unix. It would
be better to call IBM i a mainframe-flavored alternative to Unix.

My first reaction is that actual IBM "mainframes" are now
"servers" that are an "alternative" to Unix because they, too, have
AIX/Linux process cards under the covers. So, how does that
differentiation the IBM i from an actual IBM mainframe?

My second reaction is that using the word "mainframe" in
connection with the IBM i, at all, is likely to scare any potential
listeners away because the word "mainframe" is perceived badly in the
traditional networked "microcomputer" server environment.


Sincerely,

Dave Clark
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