Re: Hypothetical

[Pete Hall <pbhall@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:20 07/04/2001, Glenn Ericson wrote:
 >
 >Ken I am sure IBM nor any company would do this. Especially with the 
large install base.  The path of >extinction would include a relatively 
simple and encouraging migration path to the  whatever the IBM >product de' 
jour might be.
 >
 >Who just leaves 100s of thousands of  customer abandoned?

I don't know about hundreds of thousands, but they did it with their 
install base of System38. I wouldn't put it past 'em. Since migration would 
need to include conversion from text-based host-centric applications to 
multi-tiered with graphical clients, I'm a little skeptical about a 
"relatively simple" migration path. If the current web-facing initiative is 
an example, it's anything but.

Personally though, I'd think it's a waste of time to bother with 
anticipating what "might" happen. Just stay as current as you can, be 
flexible, learn constantly, and seek out situations where the technology is 
"uncomfortable". One thing you can count on is that by the time you become 
an expert, it will be obsolete. It doesn't matter if it's OS/400, Linux or 
DrDos. If you constantly push the envelope just a little, you'll do just fine.
Pete Hall
pbhall@execpc.com
http://www.execpc.com/~pbhall/

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