Re: IBM Developerworks ceasing this December

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Developerworks is not limited to IBM i - as Jon says, it seems the 
entire site might go away.

There was a very long time that there was almost nothing about AS/400 or 
its successive names on developerworks - I remember when maybe all I saw 
was the Java development from the Hursley labs - or maybe that was 
something maybe called alphaworks?

If the entire site goes away, it is almost suicidal of IBM to do it, IMO.

Cheers NOT
Vern

On 10/19/2019 12:14 PM, Booth Martin wrote:
> IBM has been in, in marketing parlance, the normal end-of-life 
> "harvesting phase" of the mid-range product line for 20+ years. They 
> have refused to accept that they have a product with a 100-year life 
> cycle, not a 20-year life cycle.  It's sad. But... I am biased.  I 
> still miss OS/2.
>
> On 10/19/2019 11:44 AM, Jon Paris wrote:
> > I was talking to several IBMers about this over the last few days. 
> > They are pretty disgusted and working to get things changed - but I'm 
> > not holding my breath.
> >
> > It is not just the cafes that are going away - it basically all of 
> > Developerworks.  Basically the only place in IBM (beyond the raw 
> > manuals) that has any useful information.  All of Scott Forstie's SQL 
> > stuff will vanish as will all articles contributed by folks such as 
> > Birgitta.
> >
> > Good idea to grab a tool such as Evernote and capture all the useful 
> > pages there that you reference 'cos they may not be there much 
> > longer.  As far as I can tell there are no real alternatives in place 
> > to replace it all.
> >
> > It is classic idiotic IBM - instituted by a management that is 
> > basically clueless about computers and what you need to know to run 
> > them.  Imagine the stink if MS pulled stunt like this!