RE: Another iSeries bites the dust -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: RE: Another iSeries bites the dust
From: "James HH. Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 16:47:32 -0700
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The problem is the very thing that endears the AS/400 to me: it defies planned obsolescence. Somewhere out there, somebody is probably still using a D-series box, maybe even a B-series box. While we haven't had to ship out a CISC edition of QuestView since before our D02 died, that doesn't mean nobody's still using CISC hardware.

Hopefully, by the time IBM stops building new variations on the AS/400, it'll be time for me to retire anyway. Maybe go back to driving (and maintaining) a Zamboni. The skills are about the same.

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JHHL

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