Re: last OS400 ver for M36?

At 8:11 PM -0700 7/25/01, thomas@inorbit.com wrote:
>I cannot argue that it doesn't work as described below, but I can't 
>understand >the reasoning behind it. It apparently costs too many 
>$$$ to convert S/36 apps >to run as AS/400 apps; but converting them 
>to run on entirely different >platforms -- different hardware, 
>different OS, different HLL, different >database, all with issues 
>different from what's seen on AS/400s -- is okay? I >know, I know... 
>but it just seems counter-intuitive.

    I think it's more like a "if we have to spend all of this money 
anyway, why not move to a platform where we won't get stuck in this 
kind of a situation again" kind of thing.  Secondarily, they can 
replace the IBM proprietary stuff and go with the kind of gear that 
college kids are being trained on, which means they don't have to 
rely as much on curmudgeonly old dinosaurs.

    I'll leave opinions on the validity of the reasoning up to others.

    Regards,

    - Lou Forlini
      Software Engineer
      System Support Products, Inc.
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