Re: DDS Support

["M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Al,

At 6/26/00 03:53 PM -0400, you wrote:

>Clearly DDS is no longer strategic to IBM.  They want everybody to go with 
>SQL for file definition, which IMHO is brain dead.

  I agree wholeheartedly.

>SQL does not support all of the features of DDS.

  This is a big problem.

>IBM is of the opinion that they want to reduce everything to it's lowest 
>common denominator.

  Does SAA ring any bells?


>To force you to go to SQL, new database functions are only being added 
>through SQL.  We are actively looking at extending DDS through TAA 
>Tool.  This is not a pre announcement, but something under investigation.

  That would be great.  I encourage your efforts.  Maybe someone @ IBM will 
get the hint.


>Hey IBM, do it the AS/400 way, and you'll get a better product.

  That s/b the next ad slogan!!

  -mark
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