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This is not exactly a reply, but may be interesting the general context. A couple of months ago my company invited a couple of IBM reps in to do a presentation on WebSphere. We are an AS/400 shop (applications, web server, etc.), and we also run a Novell network. We have a single NT server because our third-party payroll system requires it -- in other words, not much M$ past the desktop. Anyway, their whole presentation was geared towards Unix, NT, etc. Their graphic showing how many platforms WebSphere will run on didn't even mention the AS/400. When we pointed out that that's what we use, their response was, "Well, you could set this up on an NT box and pull all your data down from the 400". We basically looked at them and said, "Why would we want to do that?". I can see going into a shop that is using something else and trying to convince them that WebSphere would work on their setup, but it was like they were begging us to buy non-IBM products to use it on. When we asked AS/400-specific questions, they had no clue -- and they _were_ IBM reps! (at least, they had business cards with the IBM logo on them. . . .) From other things I've read on the list, maybe we shouldn't have been surprised. . . . RPG400-L@midrange.com writes: >OK, my company just had an IBM rep come and give us a presentation on >using >Java Servlets, and other Java stuff. Mike Naughton Senior Programmer/Analyst Judd Wire, Inc. 124 Turnpike Road Turners Falls, MA 01376 413-863-4357 x444 mnaughton@juddwire.com +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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