Is the AS/400 a dying Ember

 >> Where is the problem between Rochester & the rest of IBM?

I know this will seem hard to believe but this is much better today than just a
few years ago.  The fact that Websphere is even on the box is a testament to
that.  The problem now is not really with Rochester as such, rather their
inability to persuade the other Labs to develop for the AS/400 first.

Anyone who has ever built apps in C and C++ knows that if you build it for the
400 it will be relatively bullet proof and port easily to other platforms.  If
you build it for AIX or NT and port it you will have problems with _all_ the
ports.  The developers know this, many of the guys and gals in the Net.Data team
are ex-400 developers and they know this is true. As indeed so do many of their
first line managers, who are also ex-400.  Further up the tree though the
message doesn't get heard.  It has to be NT first (or  AIX if the wind is
blowing that way) and no one is interested in listening to reason.

PASE may be our best hope for the future.  If they build for AIX and it runs on
PASE we should see faster releases + better performance.  It will still be a
little behind but ....


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