Re: How are CPU Speed and Overall CPW Related?

["Nathan M. Andelin" <nathanma@xxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Alexei Pytel" <pytel@us.ibm.com>

> Try to run a banking system with a modest number of say 2
> million accounts on your laptop - a dozen branches, couple
> of hundreds of users, interest calculations, loan validation,
> credit risk etc. Why not - it is so much faster than iSeries, it
> should be a breeze.  Again I have my doubts.

This brings up a good question.  Banking applications interest me.  In fact,
I was one of the lead architects of an AS/400 based system that runs the
operations of more than 200 credit unions.  Except, our customers may have
averaged only 10,000 member accounts - not 2 million.

Is the AS/400 really targeted at the customer with 2 million accounts?  Or,
does it have a place in small business?  Since I'm a software developer for
this platform, who should I be targeting?

Nathan.


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