The Analogy of IBM AS400 for Better Understanding
By looking at the title of this article, you must be thinking why we have named it IBM AS400 as AS400 doesn’t exist anymore. Also, some of you may think that “/” between AS and 400 is missing. Well, you may be right on your part. But what you don’t know is AS400 and AS/400 are not the same. And this simple analogy of more than three decades of IBM adventures will explain the reason for the same. Moreover, this article is written especially for CIOs, CTOs, developers, and vendors who think of AS400, and immediately an image of “Green Screen” comes into their mind. But this single thought has wasted millions of dollars on unsuccessful immigration, and many technical people have lost their jobs. It’s not hard to see why they came up with this idea. Although there are various articles available on the internet to describe the platform, none of them has painted an easy-to-remember and straightforward picture for the reader. But, not to worry, as we have painted that picture for you. Just go through the articles and get a view of easy-to-remember pointers. Let’s get started.