[ale] I've Been Made Redundant

[Scott Castaline]

Jeff Lightner wrote:
> The AS in AS400 appears to stand for 
> 
> Abominable System
> 
> We can't even trust it to run unattended backups.  To do a full backup
> we have to disable all access meaning we can't even monitor it remotely.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Mike
> Harrison
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 6:11 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] I've Been Made Redundant
> 
>> Manually Key data into roughly 2 dozen data fields for approximately 
>> 10,000 lines of data.  The data has to be manually keyed so that they 
>> can receive support from Oracle.  You will key basic information such
> as 
> 
> What? No way to stuff the keyboard ala 'expect' or similiar tools? 
> 
> 
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And here I thought it meant Awfully Slow. I remember working on a 
project for Sports Authority, where their inhouse IT person had written 
a script in REX to upgrade the OS remotely. We were dialing into each of 
the stores POS system verify that the backup was done and the tape for 
upgrade was in place. This of course was done by someone in the store, 
the rest was controlled remotely, during the night. I don't remember how 
many stores we did but all but a couple went without a hitch, not that 
I'm a lover of AS400s. On the reboots they would take what seemed 
forever, they were slow as sh_t! I think a 286 running Winbloze was faster.