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-----Original Message----- From: Douglas Handy <dhandy1@bellsouth.net> To: midrange-l@midrange.com <midrange-l@midrange.com> Date: Sunday, August 19, 2001 4:43 PM Subject: Re: Closed system (was: PC connection via twinax ?) >Steve, > >>You are right though, that there is openness to the database. I need to >>know more to concede that a 3rd party vendors product can have the >>documented access to the system to compete with ibm's query products. > >Have you ever looked at Advanced System Concepts' SEQUEL product? It is most >definately a 3rd party vendor product which compete with IBM's query product -- >only ASC's has more features. > >I believe you could find several list members here who very much favor ASC's >query product over IBM's. > >Doug > Doug, I am actually lenient toward Roch on the database front. Their database product is very good ( I would say excellent but I dont know much about other platforms ) and there is enough openness, implied thru the rpg400 mi listings that show the dm calls and explicit thru qqquery to do what you want. Also, I get the sense that the database on the 400, being the one component on the software side that has been truely enhanced since the s/38 was released, has a lot of optimized code, a lot of added and patched code. So any more openness would probably uncover bugs and code that does not perform as documented. So opening it up might take a lot of work, without much gain. Now as far as sending a non 5250 data stream to a device .... <g> Steve Richter >_______________________________________________ >This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list >To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, >visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l >or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > >
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