RE: IBM's Mainframe Makeover

Agreed.  Anyone remember those eServer infrastructure commercials?  "I'm
psyched, the boards psyched", "Cool is my daughter piercing her eyebrow",
etc.  At the end they referenced this infrastructure document that you
could get.  I knew it wasn't going to be much but I always like to read
what our executives might be seeing so I ordered one.

Not a bad document.  Definitely 50,000 ft executive view.  The one thing
that got me was the document had a sidebar section with the dictionary of
IBM operating systems.  Guess what?  No OS/400.  I wish I could find it.
I'm sure it listed AIX, z/OS, and even Linux.  But no OS/400.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.




                      Rick DuVall
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Hi Martin,

      I suppose I should have followed my remarks with < ;) >.  I did read
the
article and I agree it was  positive.  I was just reacting to what Leif
posted.  It doesn't seem right to blow over os/400 in such a list and it
just reminded me of the way the 400 (oops iSeries) is often portrayed -

iSeries: Formerly the AS/400. Mini-mainframes running *AIX and Linux*.
(Not
what i usually run on it)

      I think OS/400 is the biggest asset it has and it wasn't even
mentioned in
the box - which may be the only thing many seeing the article read.
Granted
any press is better than none, I just can't believe the 'box' didn't even
mention The os.

Regards

Rick DuVall
Systems Manager
Dealer's Auto Auction of Okc, Inc.
Rick@daaokc.com <mailto:Rick@daaokc.com>
(405) 947-2886


> Subject: RE: IBM's Mainframe Makeover
> > Sucks Don't it?  Gee, whatever happened to good old OS/400?
>
> If you read the article, rather than just the box-out, you'll find
> OS/400 mentioned in positive terms.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Martin.
>
> --
> Martin McCallion


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