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I'm curious to know how many iSeries shops have heard the following and will be heeding IBM's "nudging" and making the moves as described below: I went to a local iSeries user group meeting yesterday and an IBMer from Rochester gave a presentation about IBMs direction concerning DDS vs. DDL and ways to migrate from the current native flat file, keyed-sequence file structure created by DDS to RDBMS tables created by DDL. He said that IBM's direction, and where their money is being spent, is on SQL enhancements and not to DDS when it comes to data structure definition. The same is true for data access and manipulation vis-a-vis SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML) vs. native READs, WRITEs, CHAINS, etc. In addition, the jest was that customers should make plans to move both their data structure definition and application functions to an SQL oriented world and away from, for the most part, the native methodologies that have been around since S/38 days. I happen to think many of the presenters words were wise so the iSeries may be seen by customer senior mangers(those that pay the bills) as a modern platform that is "with it" and that can complete with other platforms and database engines as companies look to the future and create strategic directions. He offered a "step-wise" approach for those applications that were pretty static as far as enhancements were concerned but advised any new applications and data structures be designed and implemented using the new "way, truth and light". As the iSeries has Unix variants and Oracle or PCs and SQL Server or Oracle biting at its heels, and many new function apps are being designed for Microsoft operating systems or Linux or Unix, it seems like a wise move and one that can show the iSeries engine can be a major player especially now that you can have LPARs which can run OS/400, Linux and AIX. It also seems wise for the technical folks as skills in SQL and true RDBMS data architecture are the way to go out there if you are thinking about moving off the iSeries or your company mandates it. Since this presentation has been out for awhile, I may have missed your reaction to it. What do you and your companies think and plan to do? I'm curious for myself. Thanks in advance, Dave Odom Casa Grande, AZ
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