RE: Lower End AS/400s

[Konrad Underkofler <kdunderk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Joe Pluta

>> From: Konrad Underkofler
>>
>> Other systems have come a long long way. All systems, properly
>> managed seem to be about equally reliable in both hardware
>> and software.

>I'd like to see even one fact that supports this statement.  Since it's the
>largest factor for getting an AS/400 as opposed to a server farm, I really
>like numbers as opposed to general statements.

Joe, check out the market, people and companies vote with their feet!
This is not even debatable anymore. We are discussing the death, end or
other "marketing" problem of the AS/400. Most of the TCO stuff favoring
the 400 is silly and stupid. If there was a REAL SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERENCE
companies would pay anything to have that extra reliability!


>> Choice is good, the iSeries is still a single source solution
>> prone to the whims of IBM. This makes it similar to Apple in
>> gaining acceptance in companies that prefer multiple sources
>> of supply to encourage competition and innovation.

>End useres (at least my clients!) tend to care less about "competition" and
>"innovation" and more about total cost of ownership and time to market.
>That's because my clients care about things like performance as opposed to
>"platform independence".  The only person who makes out in a platform
>independent world is the consultant, and especially the one who hires
$25/hr
>coders from overseas.

The reality says cross platform or obsolete. Even games are this way!
Where is the killer iSeries application? Most are overpriced crap.
Even the largest of the iSeries application houses JD Edwards is
moving to an open architecture.


>> Still all in all a great platform! Now if they do away with
>> the interactive penalty, lower the cost of software and
>> maintenace, strap on some great, productive development tools
>> with the assistance of Rational...

>I can stil write business logic faster today with SEU and RPG than I can
>with any other tool and language.  If there were a more productive, more
>stable, more reliable, more scalable platform, I'd consider it.  There
>simply is no such platform.

It may be business logic but it sure won't be object oriented code. Is
anyone actually doing new major development in RPG these days?

Regards

Konrad