Re: Another one bites the dust

[fbocch2595@xxxxxxx]

Where, what location, in mass over the past few years we lost several shops 
too, w/no new shops cropping up.  I'm very discouraged by it.  
 
 
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From: agnictsr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 4:02 AM
Subject: 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