RE: iSeries ads taken over by xSeries -- MIDRANGE-L

I had a meeting recently with a casino and asked them this same
question.

In many states, the Casinos are required by law to run iSeries software
for the gaming side of the business. It is the same software everywhere
and the enforcement agencies understand it so they can ensure the
casinos are playing fair when it comes to gaming. As a result, you find
they brought an iSeries in as a requirement and then leveraged that
investment for ERP, etc.  You also find leading hospitality solutions
like Agilysys's LMS product that is used by the largest hotels and
casinos in the world today still only runs on the iSeries.

 
David deLisi
Microsoft 

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vance Stanley
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:35 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: iSeries ads taken over by xSeries

Hi Don,
 What is causing the casinos to change?  Has someone developed a
superior product or are there
some snake oil saleman peddling soloutions? 
Vance

--- Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> That is also a trend that is regretably changing.
> 
> Don in DC
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> At 09:18 AM 1/17/2006 -0600, you wrote:
> >I think most of the casinos, period, are on the iSeries.
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> >Paul Nelson
> >Arbor Solutions, Inc.
> >708-670-6978  Cell
> >pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
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> >So aren't the American Indian casinos in the continental USA.
> >
> >Jack Derham
> >Direct Systems, Inc.
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> >Oddly enough, most of the Native Corporations in Alaska are running
> >iSeries boxes. I wonder why.......  :-))
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> >Paul Nelson
> >Arbor Solutions, Inc.
> >708-670-6978  Cell
> >pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
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> >Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> >I have a friend that has been in advertising since we graduated from
> >college (30+) and now a CEO-type.  He was, shall we say, disdainful
when
> >I was explaining on what system I program: "Never heard of it."
> >Naturally, I had to set him right and, up to a point, succeeded.  But
> >his company has (a farm of?) Windows server(s) and just dumping them
for
> >an iSeries even with an on board Windows server is not something he's
> >likely to do.
> >
> >
> >IBM has a huge investment in Linux and Java (and, of course, OS/400).
> >Plus these seem to be two of the big things these days in the IT
> >curricula so they're hitting where the grads and "buzz" are these
days.
> >I'm not surprised.
> >
> >
> >My friend (see above) said I ought to sell iSeries systems, but I
think
> >the truth is that we all should.  I was watching a TV show on the
Inuit
> >(Eskimos) a few days ago.  Not Nanook of the North; use snowmobiles
> >instead of sleds (at least the part I saw).  Anyway, it made me think
of
> >an ad.
> >
> >
> >A cultural anthropologist new to the area, apparently, is talking to
an
> >Inuit when another Inuit drives by on a dog sled.  "Oh, that's Caleb.
> >Got one hell of a Windows server."  Next minute, the sled topples
over.
> >Then another Inuit whizzes by on his snowmobile.  "Oh, that's Joshua.
> >Got an IBM iSeries server.  Runs, Linux, OS/400, AIX and has an on
board
> >Windows server."  As Joshua zooms over the hill and out of sight,
"You
> >know I've never seen him fall over."
> >
> >
> >                  * Jerry C. Adams
> >*iSeries Programmer/Analyst
> >B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* *
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> >GKern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> > >Maybe the "i' now stands for invisible?
> > >
> > >Regards, Jerry
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