Another one bites the dust

I was informed here on Friday that the AS400 (iSeries) will be replaced in the 
coming year by I think it is an Oracle based system, no idea of what hardware 
it will run on. I think that timescale is a little optimistic but it matters 
not, another one goes and one of the main reasons that the guy gives (although 
I feel it is just one excuse he can point to) is the lack of skilled 
programmers. Saying that he seems to have been on a crusade for about 9 years 
to replace the box.

I personaly do not see it as there always seems to be enough going for the 
contracts against me, but it does seem to be re-iterated, like a broken record, 
by a number of people. 

Whatever the reason, another nail in the iSeries coffin.

Steve