From: "Thees Peereboom" 

All AS/400 admins sound like that - and they usually have a trackrecord to
prove it, too.

- Thees Peereboom

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:14:43 -0500, Mike '/m'  wrote:

>> Very stable, very scalable, very easy
>> to admin, and easy to program.
>
> You sound like that guy I used to carpool with.  ;-)
>
>  /m
>
>
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:12:44 -0500, "Robert Comer"
> 
> wrote:
>
>>> I agree about the AS/400's for servers.  I used to car pool with a guy
>>> who
>>> used to rave about the System 38's (I think that's the right number).
>>
>> Yep, the System 38 was the direct ancestor of the AS/400.  It's called
>> an i5
>> now, but it's still the same thing.  Very stable, very scalable, very
>> easy
>> to admin, and easy to program.
>>
>> - Bob Comer
>>
>>
>> "Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>> news:ij34219jromsvlbdfd63ro0igkq7hdcovk{at}4ax.com...
>>>
>>> OK, SUSE is the Linux I've been playing with as my desktop OS as well.
>>>
>>> I agree about the AS/400's for servers.  I used to car pool with a guy
>>> who
>>> used to rave about the System 38's (I think that's the right number).
>>>
>>>  /m
>>>
>>> On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 11:32:03 -0500, "Robert Comer"
>>> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> For servers, I prefer FreeBSD over Linux.  :-)
>>>>
>>>> For real servers I prefer AS/400's, but they're to expensive for
>>>> home. 
>>>>
>>>> I'm not going to use SUSE on my server as a server OS, I'm going to
>>>> use it
>>>> as a desktop...
>>>>
>>>>> 
>>>>
>>>> In some things it is for me, but not everything.
>>>>
>>>> - Bob Comer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>>>> news:fep321tqgr8j0m1ridigbo866e0o0pj3ro{at}4ax.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> For servers, I prefer FreeBSD over Linux.  :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> For perimeter protection, I prefer OpenBSD.
>>>>>
>>>>>  /m
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:37:27 -0500, "Robert Comer"
>>>>> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Unfortunately I have to deal with it at work to
stay compliant with
>>>>>> division
>>>>>> policy, but for home I already moved to OpenOffice
6 months ago.
>>>>>> (it's
>>>>>> cheaper...)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I still use WinXP at home on a couple PC's, and
they'll stay for
>>>>>> now as
>>>>>> well
>>>>>> as on my work PC and laptop. I still like Windows
better than any
>>>>>> other
>>>>>> desktop OS, and WinXP is the one that works the
best for me right
>>>>>> now.
>>>>>> (and
>>>>>> it's a good host for running my VPC and VMWare,
and development
>>>>>> stuff.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just wiped one of my home servers (Win2003)
about 5 hours ago in
>>>>>> preparation for loading SUSE Linux.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Bob Comer
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Mike '/m'" 
wrote in message
>>>>>> news:s19221hiopngjnmvo843b3p9rfmfcmj6p7{at}4ax.com...
>>>>>>>> > That's just plain unacceptable to me.  :(
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also.  One of the several reasons why I
refuse to "upgrade" to
>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>> Microsoft
>>>>>>> product that possesses the Product DeActivation feature.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  /m
>>>>>>>
>>>>> [trim]
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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