RE: New DB Performance Boost - For SQL Only!

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

Al,

At 7/4/00 11:17 AM -0400, you wrote:
>>  Is there a technical reason for this to be so or is it just IBM's way 
>> of trying to push us toward SQL?
>
>I fairness to IBM, they have two reasons:
>
>1.      They feel that SQL is more universal than DDS, which it is.  This 
>causes there to be one less barrier for others to learn the platform.
>
>2.      They want to minimize the expense of maintaining two 
>interfaces.  Expense is more important to IBM today than benefit to the 
>customer, because Lou manages the company to stock price.
>
>What those DODO heads miss is that DDS is significantly more programmer 
>productive than SQL for database definition.  They miss this because they 
>don't use the AS/400 to run their business.

  If I had to guess, I would say that the interface costs the least to 
develop.  It's the stuff that's under the covers that constitutes the 
largest effort and is already developed.

  Does the S/36 -> AS/400 push failure ring any bells?

  -mark
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