Re: IBM overhauls iSeries for the long haul -- MIDRANGE-L

most common answer from management
is "if it's working, why fix/change..."
jim
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> And I wonder how many still have the S/36 environment because they can't
> remember if EVERYTHING was converted or if there might still be some
> obscure program out there...
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> I've been known to dip into the old FINANCE library to calc a mortgage now
> and then...
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> Rob Berendt
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> Sequence was Sys/3, Sys /34, Sys/38, Sys/36
> The funny thing here was, and , I don't think there are enough people
> around to remember this , but
> the Sys/38 (father of the AS400), was over-sold to business in North
> America, and moth balled by firms for many
> moons, because, there were insufficient numbers of highly trained people
to
> run them.
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> That's another reason why IBM, rushed to put the Sys/36 out in the market.
> The S/36 was so popular, that even to-day, on the current release of
OS400,
> the Sys 36 Environment is still
> supported.
> I'm very curious to know just how many companies are still using the S36
> Environment.
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> Ken Shields
> Oshawa systems group
> Works 81, Oshawa Ontario
> (905) 725-1144 Ext 326
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