Re: What follows V4R3?

[Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@xxxxxxxxxx>]

THAT is incredible and RIDICULOUS - WHEN is LOU going to get off of his VERY
hand$omely compen$ated BUTT and start pushing the AS/400 THROUGHOUT IBM ??? !!!

If the AS/400 group hits the predicted 5 billion in sales this year, maybe THAT
will do it ??? !!!

Chuck

Don wrote:

> Uh, before you Boo tooo loudly, you should read the Aug. newsletter from
> the DC users Group...www.wash-midrange.org.  Frankly, we're only getting
> IBM at tech expo's here in DC to push NT and unix...NONE THAT WE'VE SEEN
> are willing to bring in ANYTHING related to the 400...
>
> When asked why NT and unix they're responses have been "because that's
> what users are looking for"....  Frankly I don't think that IBM internally
> believes what they've been preaching to us choir members for low these
> many years....
>
> On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, David Dunfield wrote:
>
> > Boo Hiss let the flames begin!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Guzak, Michael [SMTP:Michael_guzak@goval.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 8:47 AM
> > To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject:      RE: What follows V4R3?
> >
> > I always assumed NT 5.0 followed V4R3....... ;-)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joe Teff [mailto:jteff19@idt.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 9:46 PM
> > To: 'MidrangeDotCom'
> > Subject: What follows V4R3?
> >
> >
> > Now that V4R3 is officially announced and V4R4 is being talked about in
> > early 1999,
> > I'm curious about what this esteemed list sees for the future. Copper
> > chip technology
> > should be available in late 1999 or early 2000. Do you think there will
> > be a V4R5 or
> > will it be V5R1? When will V5 happen? With the content of V4R3 and the
> > probable
> > content of V4R4, what do people need that's not there? Will the AS/400
> > metamorphis
> > into a new machine (I know the machine has done that while keeping the
> > old name)
> > with a new name to quiet the critics who call it "old architecture"?
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Joe Teff
> > Information Technology Consultant
> > IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 RPG Programmer
> > Quality Data Systems
> > Minneapolis, MN
> >
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