Re: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

["James H H Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Jim Damato" <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I do think it's ironic that the platform is perceived as 
> obsolete because it hasn't forced its apps into
> obsolescence.
> I do think it's ironic that other platforms have been 
> perceived as modern because they have forced previous
> iterations into obsolescence.

Very well said. The midrange and mainframe world has 
always operated on a basis of "if it ain't broke, don't 
fix it." The DOS/WinDoze world, on the other hand, has 
always operated on a basis of "how can we dupe people into 
buying more memory, fancier peripherals, or a whole new 
system." Mac and Unix/Xenix/Aix/Linux/*x have mostly been 
somewhere in the middle.

That's probably why I fit in so well with the AS/400. I 
kept my Tandy 1000 SL (8MHz 8086) for over a decade, and I 
still use the same DOS applications I used on it. When my 
Tandy 1110 notebook (V20, either 10 or 16 MHz, depending 
on who you talk to) died, I didn't go out and buy the 
latest WinDoze notebook; I bought a used 486 notebook on 
eBay, and put PC-DOS 2000 on it. My Macintosh is over a 
decade old, and still has the original hard drive and 
original 14.4 modem. And I still use dial-up to connect 
with my ISP at home.

I have better things to spend my money on than high-end 
computer hardware, and better things to spend my time on 
than fixing things that aren't broken.

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JHHL