RE: Help! Boss wants to know why ILE?

good then ask those people...how much hardware, maintanance, personnel is
needed to support the effort. then ask about up-time, etc...windows ain't
that great.

Thanks,
Tommy Holden




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But you never hear those stories at least not in the mainstream trade
press that I review. All I ever read is that IBM iSeries is old/green
and bad. Do windows, it is great!

Bentley Pearson
Vice President - Information Services
Southland National Insurance Corporation
1812 University Blvd
Tuscaloosa, Al
35403
205 345 7410
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Subject: Re: Help! Boss wants to know why ILE?

Let the boss figure it out - restate the question as "why then use the
iSeries"?

It's not about the constructs of the language - it's the 'integration',
the I in ILE and the i in iSeries and what that brings to the business.
It's just another step in keeping and using the competitive advantage
the
i provides.

"As far as losing AS/400's,..."

We have one shop locally that tried for four years to pull the plug on
the
i.

Last week I found out they fired their CIO and re-committed to the i.
They
tried to move to unix and couldn't make it work. They even rejoined
Common
and one person will be in Anaheim.

Score one for the 'good' guys!

Regards, Jerry

Gerald Kern - MIS Project Leader
Lotus Notes/Domino Administrator
IBM Certified RPG IV Developer
The Toledo Clinic, Inc.
4235 Secor Road
Toledo, OH 43623-4299
Phone 419-479-5535
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