"Mark A" <ma_at_switchboard.net> wrote in message news:ieawc.71$5Z4.53931_at_news.uswest.net...
> "Data Goob" <datagoob_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:S7awc.8628$YQ3.8205_at_fe42.usenetserver.com...
> > You guys got me thinking, what would I find on IBM's web site
> > about OS/390? Got my curiousity going, and so I went over to
> > IBM and did a search for OS/390. What did I find?
> >
> > "IBM announces the end of service for OS/390 2.10, the last
> > release of OS/390, will be September 30, 2004. Customers on OS/390
> > 2.10 should be making plans to complete their migrations to z/OS
> > 1.4 by this date. IBM also announces the end of service for z/OS
> > 1.2 will be October 31, 2004, and the end of service for z/OS 1.3
> > will be March 31, 2005, as planned. The end of service for z/OS 1.4
> > will be extended to March 31, 2007. This date is the same as the
> > end of service date planned for z/OS 1.5. "
> >
> > Does Informix run on OS/390?
> >
> > I would think this a match made in heaven...
> >
> > :-)
>
> Support service for OS/390 is being discontinued and is replaced by z/OS. It
> is basically the same thing as OS/390, but with enhanced ability to perform
> as a server to web clients.
>
>
OMG. Are you human? Just kidding! Seriously, is there something about
this platform that is compelling enough to consider it instead of doing things
on Linux or UNIX? Is z/OS a growth market or just something gradually
disappearing?
Received on Fri Jun 04 2004 - 21:31:24 CDT
