RE: The status quo and the future...

Paul,

IBM has already released their new mainframe running only
Linux. Why have they done this? To deliver a system that costs
a lot less than the traditional mainframe.

Why would IBM invest more into OS/400 than in Linux?
Because it is superior to Linux (sure)? Well, they won't in my opinion.
They won't  attract new customers in the server arena by promoting an OS
that's not known by many although it has more than proven it's value.
OS/400 will never have a GUI, isn't open, is best used for business
applications, prices are high (I'm not discussing TCO), all this
does not apply to magic buzz words of this moment.

Unfortunately the market (customers) will decide which
OS will win at the end...a question of demand and supply.
At the end IBM will have the best chances by writing software for all
platforms (java) and using an OS scalable from desktop to mainframe (Linux)

Kind regards

Geert Van Landeghem

-----Original Message-----
From: Nicolay, Paul [mailto:paul_nicolay@merck.com]
Sent: maandag 11 maart 2002 15:26
To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: The status quo and the future...


Richard,

Not possible (one of IBM's favorite answers regarding this topic) ... come
on, OS/400 would run fine on a desktop if the effort was made.  Shame that
Frank Soltis isn't listening, but I'm sure it runs in the labs somewhere
(the microcode kernel is one of the main reasons that it would be possible).

Ahhh...IBM's going after the servers with Linux, not the desktops... that
makes it even more worse as they have an excellent server line themselves !
There's no reason to invest in yet another server OS.

Kind regards,
Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard B Baird [mailto:rbaird@esourceconsulting.com]
Sent: 11 March, 2002 15:08
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: The status quo and the future...



>One would guess that they learned from it ?
>
>Why spending billions on someone else's technology hoping that it helps
>against M$ ?  Why not just spending the money on your own technology, and
>give OS/400 (running on Intel) for free to every kid at every corner on
the
>street.

not possible.  os/400 would never scale down to the desktop.

>Free, free and free is the only reason that one even talks about Linux...
>and definitely not the quality of the OS (then they would better talk
about
>OS/400), not the fact that it is open source (another hype... just guess
how
>many people are really capable of reading, or writing kernel code), not
the
>number of business applications (if we should be happy with OpenOffice ?),
>not the quality of the GUI (each application has a different key
combination
>to quit from it, not to mention the different incompatible desktop
>managers), not...
>
>In Europe (the States may be different) kids install on their home PCs
what
>they can copy (for free or not, legal or illegal, it doesn't matter) and
>learn about that technology.  Not exactly a good start to build a future
>base of people who know IBM and iSeries.

This sounds like you are equating ibms jumping in bed with linux to trying
to get ms off the desktop.  apples and oranges.  ibm's going after the
servers, not the desktops.

>Kind regards,
>Paul

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