Re: What should I say to a *nix community?

[Jon Paris <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 25-Aug-08, at 8:51 AM, midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> One particular question in the opening message was "why is the AS/400
> more popular in Canada than in USA?"  I did not even realize that this
> is the case.  Does anyone here have an explanation?

It may or may not explain it, but Canadian companies tend to be  
smaller than comparable US companies and therefore less able to  
support the larger infrastructure that a Windows or Unix based  
solution would require.

In my experience they also tend (like their European counterparts) to  
be a little more concerned with the practical utility of new hardware/ 
software/technologies/etc. than their American counterparts.  In other  
words there is a little less "management by airline magazine" going on  
in than in the USA.



Jon Paris

www.Partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com