RE: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

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

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> Ingvaldson, Scott
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 11:59 AM
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> Subject: RE: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence
> 
> The interface to a modern Corvette is still a gas pedal and a steering
> wheel, just like it was in 1954.  

Sure, except the 2006 steering wheel is leather, has an air bag in the
middle, and controls for the 6-disk CD player.

I'm not saying that the interfaces aren't similar.  All I'm saying is
that when you get behind the wheel of a "modern" 2006 Corvette you know
you're not in a "legacy" 1954 Corvette.

> 
> I would argue that the flaw is in allowing others to claim that this
> comparison is not valid.  Cosmetically a new i5 looks as much 
> like a B20
> as a modern Dell looks like a 1989 Tandy 5000 MC.
> http://www.buildorbuy.org/tandy89.html

Until you turn them on.

Lets face it, the appearance of the hardware has little to do with the
"look" of a system.  What matters is the OS and application software.

If all your users and upper management see running on your i5 is the
same green screen app you ran on your B20, what will their perceptions
be?  Simple, the i5 is a "legacy" box.


If we as iSeries developers insist on developing green screen apps
instead of fighting to do GUI apps, then the iSeries will always be
stick with the perception of being a "legacy" box.


Charles