One of the larger problems here is that ISVs still support outdated
releases. If ISVs would act reasonably and stop supporting older versions of
the software running on unsupported operating systems, less problems would
be had.
Lukas, with all due respect (which I respect you a lot), until you sell
custom software on the i5 I don't think you can truly know how beneficial
(in money and number of customers) compiling to previous releases is. As I
understand it you get paid to put in brand new boxes so your stance makes
complete sense and I would suspect that many ISV's would love to have their
customers on the latest release - but that just isn't the case.
This is exactly how it works on other platforms - and those don't have 8
year old servers running critical business infrastructure.
There weren't a lot of Wintel servers in the past that could run critical
business infrastructure applications. Microsoft is just getting into the
"Enterprise Server" space in the past 5 years or so. I don't think it is
correct to make the comparison you did because it doesn't realize the
players and how long they have been around and how refined the OS/Hardware
is. If Microsoft had been writing Enterprise Servers in the 70's on their
own hardware then I would guess we would be seeing A LOT of Microsoft
servers still running Windows95 - but that just isn't the case.
Thoughts?
Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
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To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: New redpaper: i5/OS Program Conversion: Getting readyfor
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Business Applications and Infrastructure are equally important.
Neither works without the other. A company without working Active Directory
means that almost nothing will work. Same probably if the ERP system is
down.
People still running Windows 2000 are stupid (or have an extended Hotfix
Agreement). But at least Microsoft is still providing Security updates for
Windows 2000 - not so for older OS/400 releases.
Running a release that is no longer supported is grossly negligent.
One of the larger problems here is that ISVs still support outdated
releases. If ISVs would act reasonably and stop supporting older versions of
the software running on unsupported operating systems, less problems would
be had. Of course there's always the exception if you pay big money for
extended maintenance contracts.
This is exactly how it works on other platforms - and those don't have 8
year old servers running critical business infrastructure.
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