Interesting Monday Morning Update

[Dennis Lovelady <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Folks:

In reviewing the MMU, I noticed the item entitled "IBM Is Not Pulling
AS/400 Promotions," which would seem to be sparked by comments on this
list.  I find it interesting that the discussion found there was not also
repeated on this list... what's that tell us?  Maybe nothing, but I have
to wonder.

Anyway, I found the following statement interesting, and wondered if
anyone else on this list has thoughts on it.  Quoting the article: "What
goes unsaid at IBM is that [in spite of advertisement deficiency - Dennis]
its flagship AS/400 and mainframe servers will continue to be used as the
backbones of back-office applications but that UNIX and NT servers will
handle most of the e-business middleware that links these applications to
the outside world...."

It'll just *happen* because... because what?  Because of advertising or
magic, or is it something else?  I'm a big believer in cause and effect,
and I don't see the cause to promote the effect that they say "will
happen."  Or maybe it's just me.

Dennis
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