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Comment on: IBM i (OS/400) the Database Operating System
I worked on as400's for about 15 years so I can give you some thoughts:1-Stability:
The as400 is the most robust/stable environment I've ever worked on for business applications. Many of our customers had no IT staff, just the accounting staff that would put in backup tapes, and the machines would run unattended for years until an OS version upgrade.You're right that the underlying stuff that made it robust was not really visible or accessible to the developer, but it was the foundation that created a solid environment.2-OS foundational capabilities:
The integrated database, job scheduler,