RE: New redpaper: i5/OS Program Conversion: Getting readyfor i5/OSV6R1

Aaron,

I usually find out this information from the various online/magazines.

However, as an RPG developer, I've found that just looking at the "What's new" section of the v5r4 ILE
RPG and SQL Reference manuals usually gives my everything that really matters to me.

For the full fledged info from IBM look here:
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/i/library/techoverviews/v5r4/v5r4overview.html

HTH,
Charles

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of albartell
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 4:17 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: New redpaper: i5/OS Program Conversion: Getting
readyfor i5/OSV6R1

I am just throwing something in the pot here, but it would be
interesting to see how much reason there is behind upgrading.
For instance, how many
Microsoft OS upgrades have happened in the last 10 years vs.
AS400? And
how many of those upgrade frequencies were for Microsoft to
catch up to what the AS400 already has. Then one could turn
around and say that IBM should have been upgrading the AS400
to have native GUI support and what not during that same time.

Basically it comes down to the fact that IBM could be
producing just as much in 1 release as Microsoft does in 2
(or vice versa). For me, there is very little reason, that I
have seen, to upgrade to V5R4 simply because I am primarily
developing RPG and the only reason I would have V5R4 is to
state I am writing compatible code for it.

Is there a good (read easy to understand) chart somewhere
detailing the features (programmatical/hardware/OS/etc) that
would entice a company to upgrade from V5R1/2/3 to V5R4? The
only reason I could think of off the top of my head is
runtime support for Java 1.5 and 1.6 (which is only available
in V5R3/4 I believe) and PHP (which is a fairly good reason
if PHP on the i5 is your company's direction).

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com


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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Crump, Mike
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 2:25 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: New redpaper: i5/OS Program Conversion: Getting readyfor
i5/OSV6R1

Brad wrote:

"I would guess at least 20-30% are pre V5, another 30-40 are
V5R1/2 and the rest maybe V5R3/4. I would be willing to bet
other ISVs that do support lower OS versions would have
similar numbers."

Holy *&^%. That might help partially explain why the system
is not considered modern.......V5R1 was announced in 2001,
V5R2 was announced in 2002, V5R3 announced in 2004. Makes
almost any other Wintel or Unix system look like it is
comparatively ultra modern to i5/OS when in fact it isn't.

Michael Crump

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