Re: Say Hello to IBM System i5!

[Keith Carpenter <carpcon@xxxxxxx>]

Trevor Perry wrote:
> So, if there ARE a plethora of tools, why are you telling people it is only 
> a 5250 legacy system? Your opinions conflict.

I'd rather see IBM commit to one of their tools, use it, and get the
ISVs to commit to it.  IBM has walked away from products before and
except for websphere, I don't see a big commitment. If you're a vendor
of such a tool you're probably biased to your product.



> And yes, Windows is still Windows, but that is an OS - if we are arguing OS 
> name changes, that is one thing. You reviewed server name changes. Has Dell, 
> HP, Sun, never changed the name of their server? How about intel with 8088, 
> 286, 386, 386SX, 486, 486SX, Pentium, Pentium M, Centrino.... ?

I've not been talking hardware.