RE: SEU vs. ?

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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 5:33 PM
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Subject: SEU vs. ?


 >> James, the message I am getting from Scott is that IBM is requiring
their customers to use Windows in order to use iSeries.  He (and many others
I am sure) feel that IBM is not doing itself any favors by tying the iSeries
to Redmond's product lines.

>WDSc is _currently_ windows only.  You have to start somewhere and no
matter
>what we think of windows, it is the market leader.  People were using
>windows long before IBM "supported" it.   Remember OS/2?

>IBM have stated a number of times that they intend to provide versions that
>will run on Linux etc but at present there are a number of native methods
>being used by different parts of the product that have yet to be ported to
>other environments.

Does it require client access?  my theory being that IBM must make a lot of
$$ from selling client access on windows, while a Linux client access would
have to be low priced or free as part of shareware spirit of that platform.
The thinking would then be, why move off of Windows where a good profit is
made, to a platform where there is no profit.

-Steve