Re: Marketing question about AS/400 name

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

I didn't know that. I knew AIX apps could run under i5/OS through
PASE, but I didn't know that native i5/OS apps could run under AIX. Or
am I missing something?

Can RPG apps run under AIX?

On 10/4/07, Bruce Vining <bvining@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It may only be one vendor as you point out, but i5/OS applications can run on both System i and System p.  The application is really dependent on the OS environment (i5/OS in this case) and not the hardware platform (and various OS environments that might be available on the System i).
>
> Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:  But a lot of operating systems runs on different vendors hardware.
> i5/OS and OS/400 don't. They run on one and only one vendor's
> hardware. So there's a link between H/W and S/W that may not be in
> effect for other O/S'es.
>
> On 10/4/07, AGlauser@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > jallen@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 04/10/2007 11:35:17:
> > > If you were in the market for software what would you like
> > > to see on a vendors web site when they are referencing the
> > > hardware their software runs on.
> > >
> > > Would it read:
> > >
> > > .software for the AS/400, System i, iSeries, i5
> >
> >
> > Most software vendors' code doesn't run on hardware, it runs on a
> > particular operating system. So, I think it would be most accurate to
> > state that you provide software for i5/OS and OS/400. That said, you
> > probably still want to mention AS/400 and/or System i on your site, as
> > many people search on the hardware name out of habit.
> >
> >
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