Re: IBM i 7.6 Development tools

I was "in  the room" for some of the discussions after the merger.  The mangers, who were from TX, were very surprised at the dedication that customers had on wanting to stay on i.   I think they thought customers were roll over and switch. The group I was in play a significant role in getting resources flowing back to Iseries again.

Gavin.

On 4/24/2025 7:44 AM, Vern Hamberg via RPG400-L wrote:
IIRC, there was change of focus to be on the platform more than the operating system. So we have AIX on Power, IBM i on Power, LInux on Power. At first, many of us were concerned about an apparent loss of identity for IBM i. But sales of Power boxes with IBM i on them has done very well, and IBMers at many levels are aware of it. There are still times I wish IBM i were more prominent in IBM's sites, etc. Personally, I think the main competing interest is mainframes.

*Regards*

*Vern Hamberg*

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On 4/23/2025 11:31 PM, Gavin Inman wrote:

The AIX guys in TX slowly took over everything in Rochester. Rochester tried, but eventually lost the battles.  To the AIX team, it is, just another Database.

An interesting allegation. I wonder if you could provide some proof?

Because of a group I was a member of, I had "sort of" an insider view in IBM back then.  I saw many internal MGT positions for i, filled from TX, not from Rochester. Less $ was spent in Rochester, more in TX. R&D went down.  Marketing all but disappeared. IBM i was even removed from the website main pages. The internal links were there if you knew them or had them bookmarked.
If you went to IBM.COM, there was no way to navigate to IBM i. There was an internal struggle just to get IBM i links back on the main Website.

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