RE: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

["Wilt, Charles" <CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sure I have, but I could tell they were new ones.

Can't you?

Charles Wilt
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iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chuck Lewis
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 12:19 PM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: RE: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence
> 
> Guess you haven't see the new Mustangs ? :-)
> 
> Chuck
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wilt, Charles
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 11:04 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence
> 
> The flaw in the comparison is that while the modern Corvettes and
> Mustangs, like the System i, have completely different hardware under
> the hood from what the originals had.  The Corvettes and Mustangs,
> unlike the System i, have changed appearances.
> 
> Sure you can recognize the legacy Corvette look, in the modern
> Corvettes.  But you'd never mistake a 2006 Corvette for 1967.
> 
> On the System i, however the green screen looks the same as it always
> has.  Sure, you've got ops-nav and web based interfaces.  But for way,
> way to may, the only familiar interface to the System i is the green
> screen.
> 
> 
> Charles
> 
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