If it isn't broken, do not fix it. A good program written
in COBOL and using a TP monitor like IMS or CICS (IMS is dead
for a long time) can run circles around Java and VB alike.
We used to do IPL (reboot) of a 3084 (it was a long time ago)
once a year. No blue screen of death, no kernel panics.
Those boxes, if maintained properly can run forever and
do their job well. AS400 will typically outperform any fancy-schmancy
NT or Unix box, just as VAX 6460 used to do, once upon a time.
Unfortunately, Ken Olsen s****wed up the company and, afterwards,
David Cutler produced the abomination that is still haunting us.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lyndon Tiu [mailto:ltiu_at_alumni.sfu.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 10:29 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re:iSeries Production Database
>
>
> It is shocking to note that a lot of big shops use AS400 and
> RPG still.
> 650,000 units are in use IBM claims. It just boggles me why.
> Keeping legacy code
> alive perhaps since it's too expensive to migrate.
>
> As for languages, Java is platform independent too. Actually,
> every language
> except VB is platform independent.
>
> On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, dgoulet_at_vicr.com wrote:
> > RPG, AS400??? Didn't they die along with Cobol and Vax/VMS?
> >
> > Seriously the choice of platform I believe is more of a
> business decision than
> > anything given the applications and associated software
> that one wants to run
> > thereon. Then the use of a language is more predicated on
> what is available,
> > usable, and most cost effective for the platform. Probably
> why I happen to like
> > C. It's almost completely platform and OS independent.
> >
> > Dick Goulet
> >
> > ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> > Subject: iSeries Production Database
> > Author: Lyndon Tiu <ltiu_at_alumni.sfu.ca>
> > Date: 10/14/2002 8:58 PM
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > How many people here have RPG - AS400 - iSeries in their
> shops? Curious
> > question: What makes your shop use the IBM iSeries?
> >
> > Do you use RPG or SQL for your database?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
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