Anyone from FieldCrest Cannon?

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If anyone from FieldCrest Cannon reads this forum-could you please press my name button & send me a piece of mail? We are looking at the same warehouse management system you are using with SAP. I have some questions, if you would be so kind to answer! bgcolor="#FF9FFF">

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On Friday, April 24, 1998, 05:24 PM, joe kologe wrote: why would anyone pick a unix - based system for an ordinary business process? is it very inexpensive? is it cheaper to develop normal business applications? You would pick a Unix system over AS/400 for the following reasons:

[*]The initial cost of the hardware is cheaper.[*]You wish to have a full time system administrator[*]You want development projects to last four times as long as an AS/400 development project.[*]You want four times the programming staff as an equivalent AS/400 shop.[*]You want to pay extra for an RDBMS.[*]You want to pay extra for utilities for Unix which are free with OS/400. (if you can find them)[*]You want your system to crash at least once a day, for a different reason each day.[*]You don't care about system security.[*]You enjoy inconsistency in the command set. It's fun to have commands that sound like stomach noises.[*]You are completely unaware of AS/400 capabilities.[/list]David Abramowitz

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On Saturday, April 25, 1998, 03:00 AM, David Abramowitz wrote: You would pick a Unix system over AS/400 for the following reasons:

...[*]You want your system to crash at least once a day, for a different reason each day.[*]You don't care about system security.[*]You enjoy inconsistency in the command set. It's fun to have commands that sound like stomach noises.[*]You are completely unaware of AS/400 capabilities.[/list] David, When the RS/6000 running Unix beat that chess champion (his name was something like Kasparov - spelling?), which was the first time in history for any computer to beat a chess champion in chess, this opened up some interesting questions that you seem well qualified to answer for ignorant AS/400 programming pagans like myself. Here are the questions :[*] When the RS/6000 Unix machine beat the chess champion, how many times a day did it crash and what were the different reasons each day?[*] If Unix security is so lax, why didn't the chess champion just hack his way to victory and keep his undefeated title in tact and win more money in the process?[*] What kind of effective stomach noise command sets were being used by the RS/6000 Unix operating system during the chess match?[*] Why didn't IBM use an AS/400 instead of an RS/6000 Unix machine, since they produce both machines, and the AS/400 is so clearly superior? I was just wondering, and I couldn't resist asking - thanks!

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On Saturday, April 25, 1998, 04:33 PM, Mario Martinez wrote: David, When the RS/6000 running Unix beat that chess champion (his name was something like Kasparov - spelling?), which was the first time in history for any computer to beat a chess champion in chess, this opened up some interesting questions that you seem well qualified to answer for ignorant AS/400 programming pagans like myself. Here are the questions : • When the RS/6000 Unix machine beat the chess champion, how many times a day did it crash and what were the different reasons each day? • If Unix security is so lax, why didn't the chess champion just hack his way to victory and keep his undefeated title in tact and win more money in the process? • What kind of effective stomach noise command sets were being used by the RS/6000 Unix operating system during the chess match? • Why didn't IBM use an AS/400 instead of an RS/6000 Unix machine, since they produce both machines, and the AS/400 is so clearly superior? I was just wondering, and I couldn't resist asking - thanks! __________________________________________________ _______________________ The RS6000 is a bit more robust than other UNIX boxes I have worked with, but your query derserves some comments: As I remember it, the RS/6000 won only two games out of six. A chess game is hardly comparable to a business operation. Only one terminal was used in this game. I bet it would have crashed if, while playing chess, another user had an Accounts Receivable inquiry at the same time! I do not believe that Gary Kasparov is a programmer, nor do I believe that even if he was a champion hacker, he would have made the attempt in this case. To the best of my knowledge, the computer used for this purpose was not attached to a network. Were that the case, then the machine would be susceptible to attack. Even the AS/400 had to go to extra security lengths when TCP/IP became a part of the OS.... YET, there has NEVER been a virus on any AS/400,,, anywhere,,, ever! This is a fact. Documentation of break-ins on UNIX computers is legendary. The AS/400 is a business oriented computer. UNIX is a scientific oriented operating system. That is how and why UNIX was designed. For CPU intensive applications such as formulas, and games, UNIX would be the better choice. When dealing with Financial, and other business applications UNIX is inappropriate at best, inefficient at all times, and counter-productive at worst. Most business systems deal with databases that are many hundred thousand rows deep. UNIX can't even put a record length on a file, let alone handle a database. Yes, you can buy an RDBMS that will work with UNIX, but that is NOT UNIX! David Abramowitz