RE: LINUX is the "one" ? .... Comments???

That is because you are getting a bunch of "punk kids" (like me) who know
this stuff coming in and wanting it. I don't see how you think all of these
changes are bad. Apache was a good business move by IBM, they now only have
to port the changes, they don't have to do lots of maintenance on an "Old"
web server (which does work fine). The Ops Nav, I agree, it sucks (to put it
nicely). It is slow and painful to use. I do use it occasionally (I like the
SPLF nav), but other than that it is all command line baby!

IBM is like a 50+ year old trying to look and act more like a teenager.
Unfortunately, they look strange and don't quite "get it".

I can see OS/400 lasting because of its solid design. Linux most likely will
(somehow) become a key player in the whole scheme of things, but not take
over. But only IBM knows what their future plans are.

-----Original Message-----
From: jt [mailto:jt@xxxxxx]

| [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Wills, Mike N. (TC)

| Seriously... I don't see IBM drastically changing the iSeries
| anytime soon.
| It is too stable of a system to trash with other options.

I'm afraid my view is that is IS being trashed.  The *nix approach of
porting (what-I'd-call-beta) software to 400, rather than developing native
code that's WORKS and is rock-solid-RELIABLE.  And the Windoze approach of
OpsNav may be partially functional (or at least more than last time I toyed
with it), but not having command-line APIs for a lotta the new stuff is a
critical short-coming.  DDS is not being sufficiently enhanced, in favor of
SQL (but hopefully NOT myBlechSQL), when IBM could easily do both with very
little additional resources...

Point is that it's the users of RPG, DDS, DB2, and the 5250 programming
paradigm that ARE PAYING GOBS of money, to pay for all this other crap.  I
believe IBM will continue to reap profits, so agree they won't abandon the
iSeries all that much...  But a lotta Us suck hind teat when it comes to
getting development resources.

And I agree with Joe that a lotta this is due to 400 professionals who view
these as steps in the right direction.. because they are more comfortable
with C, *nix, Windoze, and/or "Open" Source methodologies than they are with
native 400 programming methodologies.