Hi fellow list-readers,
 
On Wed, 29 May 96 11:34:07 EDT, Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
|Check out the May 27 InformationWeek.  Cover: "Big new life for Iron.
|Sure, client-server, PCs, and Windows rule.  But legacy systems are getting
|smaller, cheaper, and cooler.  Would you believe an IBM AS/400 that runs PC
|apps, uses objects, and surfs the Net - all for just $8,000?"
|
|Inside article says IBM has spent $4 billion over the last 6 years on the
|AS/400.
|
|Another separate article:  "Mainframes rise from the ashes" also good.
 
Based of Jeff (no relation to me ;) Kell's comment above, I picked up my
copy of InformationWeek and started perusing it.  I was pleased to note what
I consider to be just as pleasing an article on page 61: "High Tech Goes To
School".  Although the article talks about how the school district being
highlighted uses a variety of computer platforms, the HP3000 is also
mentioned.  In fact, in a box on the first page of the article giving a
snapshot of the computer systems used by the district, there is a section
which reads: "Databases: Hewlett-Packard Image, Image/SQL, and KSAM;
Informix".  On the second page of the article, the 3000 is introduced as
"the district's main administrative computer".
 
While it may not be the best piece of marketing for the 3000, it at least
shows the system working in a heterogenous environment in a positive light.
 
P.S.  Thanks for the pointer, Jeff.
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