RE: IBM overhauls iSeries for the long haul

["Shields, Ken" <kenshields@xxxxxxx>]

        Sequence was Sys/3, Sys /34, Sys/38, Sys/36
        The funny thing here was, and , I don't think there are enough people 
around to remember this , but
        the Sys/38 (father of the AS400), was over-sold to business in North 
America, and moth balled by firms for many
        moons, because, there were insufficient numbers of highly trained 
people to run them.
        
        That's another reason why IBM, rushed to put the Sys/36 out in the 
market.
        The S/36 was so popular, that even to-day, on the current release of 
OS400, the Sys 36 Environment is still
        supported.
        I'm very curious to know just how many companies are still using the 
S36 Environment.  


Ken Shields
Oshawa systems group
Works 81, Oshawa Ontario
(905) 725-1144 Ext 326