Re: DDL Discussion continued

Jon,

Don't lump DB2/400 with the rest of the IBM DB2s as DB2/400 is an anomaly. And DB2/400 (in this use I'm clumping it in with the OS as folks say they are one) is an anomaly with any other OS or world-class RDBMS. The high minded argument of DB2/400 being the most ANSI compliant and even the most reliable means little in the rest of the RDBMS world. What they want and have is a set of RDBMs that have the same basic architecture/fundamental functionality albeit with propriety extensions. And they can find A LOT of workers trained to work on those platforms; easily and at less expensive. Rather than beating the same drum about being the most ANSI complient, I'd work on a sermon to the rest of the RDBMS/IT world that will convince them to move back to the i platform. Right now they are moving the other way as they see no compelling reason to stay with an anomaly. One of my arguments is, if the i WERE more like the main stream, it just might be more interesting and more considered in the marketplace. BTW, it's those folks you need to make your sermons to, not me. Here the preaching is within the same church and lost on who you need to convert/convince.

Don't think IBM is going to help much. All indications are they are planning on helping most i shops to AIX, perhaps Windoz with their standard DB2s and let the anomaly die. I wish it were not so, but reality has to be faced and a game plan made to change perceptions, at the market level (IBM will follow) or resign to reality.

Dave