Re: Search 400 -- MIDRANGE-L

I got the same email, I wonder if they are picking email address from this
mailing list server?
Carl Galgano
EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
540 Powder Springs Street
Suite C19
Marietta, GA  30064
770-422-2995
mailto: cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
http://www.ediconsulting.com
EDI, Communications and AS400 Technical Consulting

-----Original Message-----
From: eric <eric@norcov.com>
To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com' <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 8:32 PM
Subject: Search 400


>I thought that this may be of some interest to the group.  I just received
this.
>
>
>To: Me
>cc:
>Subject: Why doesn't Search400.com run on an AS/400?
>
>
>
>My name is Don Hawk, and I'm the founder of Search400.  A number of people
have
>emailed us, asking why Search400 isn't powered by an AS/400.  It's a
legitimate question,
>and I'd like to respond to it. Our original idea was to run the service on
an AS/400, and
>we still intend to do so.  Let me tell you why we're not there yet.
>
>We launched Search400 because we had the same problem that all of you have:
we had
>a tough time finding quality AS/400-specific information on the Web.  It
was spread out
>among tons of different web sites, and the major search engines weren't
much help at
>separating the good stuff from the junk.
>
>Our solution to that problem has grown into something much larger than we
originally
>anticipated.  Today, we're the fastest growing AS/400 web site in the
industry, and the
>portal site of choice for thousands of users.  But when we started last
year, we had no
>idea of what to expect.  We set off on a shoestring budget, trying to build
the best
>possible site at the least expense, and working with a Web development
partner that
>I knew and trusted in order to bring this product to market as quickly as
possible.
>
>I didn't launch the site on an AS/400 because it would have taken us twice
as much time
>to get it to market, and frankly, we didn't realize that we'd grow as
quickly as we have.
>A more immediate concern is the fact that the software packages that we've
integrated
>to bring you the search, chat, and database functionality you've come to
expect from
>Search400 (including industry standards like IChat and AltaVista Search,
plus a proprietary
>middleware tool we use to manage the content) don't yet run natively on an
AS/400.
>
>Does this mean we're not committed to the AS/400 platform?  Absolutely not.
We've spent
>a lot of time considering how and when we can port this product to an
AS/400.  We've
>approached IBM for help, without much success.  Nonetheless, as soon as the
software
>compatibility issues are worked out and it's feasible for us to make this
move, we'll do
>it.  We have an AS/400 already lined up and ready to go.  Believe me, we
would have
>loved to have an AS/400, with its 99.9% uptime, during our ill-fated chat
event on Tuesday.
>
>Thanks for your feedback on this subject.  Feel free to continue to let me
know your
>thoughts or ideas on this or other Search400 issues, at
donh@the400group.com.  Thanks
>for your interest, and your continued use of Search400.
>
>
>
>Eric Kempter
>CommAir Mechanical Services, Inc.
>
>

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