RE: "TigerTools Says It Can Remove OS/400 Governors"

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Stone
>
> We're talking about simply moving CPU from batch to
> interactive.  Not creating more CPU or overclocking (from
> what I understand).

Yeah, but you're talking about doing it with a hack.  IBM provides many
supported tools to allow you to get rid of the interactive tax; CGI and
servlets are just a couple.  The JTOpen toolbox allows you to write
client/server architecture with no hassles whatsoever.  Meanwhile, you've
got IBM officially saying that the TigerTools hack is neither endorsed nor
supported.

If you want to remove the interactive tax, the correct way to do it is by
rewriting your applications, either using your e-RPG techniques or my
revitalization or Nathan's HTTP plug-in.  For example, compare FAST400 with
PSC400 (my product):

1. FAST400 is not documented.  PSC400 has a book ("eDeployment: The Fastest
Path to the Web") that explains the architecture in minute detail, with
example code.

2. FAST400 authors are anonymous.  PSC400 is written by me, and I'm proud to
stand behind my work, as are my partners, Linoma Software.

3. FAST400 is officially unsupported and unendorsed by IBM within days of
becoming common knowledge, while the PSC400 technology has been available
for over a year and is in fact well known throughout IBM and the technical
community.  They don't endorse it, I suppose, but they certainly don't
UNENDORSE it.

4. FAST400 is relatively expensive (hundreds of thousands of dollars on
larger machines) for a tool that only saves you interactive tax - and even
then only until the next PTF is applied.  PSC400 is competitively priced,
and provides relief of interactive costs as well as a customizable browser
interface, along with all of the benefits that accrue.

5. FAST400 has no support or technical staff that we know of.  PSC400 is
fully supported by my company and by Linoma Software, a highly respected
name in the iSeries community.

So, if you're interested in reducing your interactive premium on a mission
critical machine, I'd highly suggest looking into one of the web enabling
techniques.

Joe Pluta
www.plutabrothers.com