RE: What the heck is this AS/400 thing??

["Foster, Willow" <WFoster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

jt in SiliCow Valley ;D wrote:
~> Thanks Mark, and also Willow (for asking the question in the first
~> place)...!
~>

And thank you to everyone who answered! I'm still debating which book to
buy, they're pretty darn expensive. Really, it's a choice between _Inside
the AS/400: Second Edition_ by Frank G. Soltis and _Starter Kit for the IBM
iSeries and AS/400_ by Gary Guthrie and Wayne Madden. Maybe Santa will buy
me both for Christmas. :) They seem like they'd be good starting points.

I also have a better grasp on the "why" question, which turned out to be
amazingly timely. I had a big debate with my partner yesterday about this.
He's a PC programmer and thought the AS/400 was an old, outdated machine. It
was nice to be on firmer ground this time. I can't say I won the argument
(uhh... debate :) but I gave him something to think about. He's a typical
programmer... you know the joke "arguing with a programmer and wrestling a
pig in the mud.." Yep, that's my Boris. I expect he'll spend a good portion
of today reading up on the AS/400. (He's on vacation.) HAHAHA... he'll do
some of my research for me!

Thank you all very much!

Best,
Willow