Re: power line (AS/400) article in computerworld

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree. I rarely learn by reading things I already know.

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 2:26 PM, john e <jacobus1968@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  I for one LIKE to read the comments of Mr.'s Beeler and Richer.
>  I like to read different comments from different people with different backgrounds, opinions and biases.
>
>
>  > From: derhamj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  > To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>  > Subject: RE: power line (AS/400) article in computerworld
>  > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:43:20 -0400
>  >
>  > I would like to suggest that Mr.'s Beeler and Richer take their excessively
>  > negative attitudes some where other then the Mid-Range Lists. I would
>  > suggest some place that is reportedly very HOT so that its environment would
>  > help them burn some of the arrogance out of their personalities.
>  > Seriously,
>  > Jack Derham
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>  > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruce Vining
>  > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 4:35 PM
>  > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
>  > Subject: Re: power line (AS/400) article in computerworld
>  >
>  > Steve,
>  >
>  > In light of some of the notes that fly when you post on 16MB spaces and 10
>  > character names, have you considered prefacing your wishes with:
>  >
>  > " I realize that i5/OS with the terapace storage and data models supports
>  > storage addressing simliar to other systems -- for instance memory
>  > allocations of up to 2GB, the use of 8-byte integers as pointer values, etc;
>  > that the IFS supports file/object names similiar to other systems -- for
>  > instance a file name such as
>  > '/ThisIsAFairlyLongNameWithALongExtension.ThoughPerhapsNotTooLong'; that a
>  > given job (or even a careful individual program) can utilize both teraspace
>  > and single level storage concurrently, etc. but I would like to see IBM
>  > extend the traditional Single Leval Store and library system (which is
>  > admittedly unique to this platform) to also incorporate the capabilities of
>  > i5/OS teraspace and IFS. This would represent an architectural capability
>  > far beyond other platforms and help negate criticism in the marketplace."
>  >
>  > Just a proposal.
>  >
>  > Bruce
>  >
>  > Steve Richter  wrote:
>  > the spirit of the article and comments reads as an embrace of the
>  > operating
>  > system of the 1990s. The hardware people at IBM are doing world class work.
>  > The software team is what is holding us back now. SLS is aged with its 16meg
>  > segment limit and the inablility of pointers to stay valid between IPLs. ILE
>  > has not been improved in 10 yrs. 10 char limit on object names is bad, Fix
>  > it, ok.
>  >
>  >
>  > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Mike Cunningham wrote:
>  >
>  >> http://blogs.computerworld.com/frankly_speaking_not_dead_yet
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