RE: PHP update and directions

 
Jon, you make good points.  But, I think the requirement to run on PASE
will hold back PHP on System i.

Here is another i5 PHP site http://i5php.net

Also, a quote from IBM on Net.Data future support.

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I have been asked about this before and I don't know where this rumor is
coming from.

Net.Data is supported on iSeries, and we have absolutely no plans to
stop
supporting it.  The function is mature, very stable, and a key part of
many
solutions written by customers and partners.

I have a feeling someone is trying to create Fear Uncertainty and Doubt
in
our customer set to advance their own agenda.  Such a shame.

But now you know.  I am the guy who owns the strategy and plans for web
application development and middleware on iSeries.  I would know if we
decided to drop this support, because it would have had to have been
approved by me.

Sincerely,

Steve Will
System Chief Engineering Manager
eServer iSeries Integration and Middleware
Steve Will/Rochester/IBM@IBMUS, stwill@xxxxxxxxxx

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And from Arma who supports Net.Data on the forum for IBM.

Net.Data will be supported indefinately on i5/OS.  It may be "old
technology",
but it does get the job done :-)

--
Doug Hart 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 3:32 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: PHP update and directions

I use Net.Data, it sounds like change is in the wind.

Once every platform _except_ the System i dropped support it became only
a matter of time before it disappeared.  I suspect IBM know that they
have a number of System i users with critical dependencies on it.  Until
PHP came along there was no real alternative to port them to (well not a
"free" one anyway.

I've found PHP relatively easy to learn - certainly easier than net.data
which is in its own quirky little world.

Jon Paris
Partner400

www.Partner400.com 





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