RE: iSeries ads taken over by xSeries

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx>]

Chuck,

I had a really nice talk with David this morning on this subject.  He's 
going to research this statue further and get back with us on details on 
it.  I think what the statute is saying is that casinos had to do certain 
secure functions and as things had it, the software doing those functions 
was only available on iSeries.   I've just never heard of any regulatory 
statute MANDATING a specific o/s or hardware or vendor, by statute, for a 
particular function.  That would be a statutory dictated monopoly which is 
incredibly rare and open to a lot of legal issues.

We also had a nice  talk about SQL server interfaces into iSeries DB2 
systems and I've got some research to do there as well.

Don in DC

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At 02:39 PM 1/24/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> WOW - you are serious David ? That is wild - and good for us iSeries folks
> :-)
>
> Chuck
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Delisi
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:37 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: iSeries ads taken over by xSeries
>
> 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
>
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