It's hard to believe you'd be seriously asking this question. I can
guarantee you that something you did within the past week (if not
multiple things) touched an OS/390 or Z/os application. Banking, credit
card, airline or car rental reservations system, the list goes on and on.
Larry Edelstein
Data Goob wrote:
> "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 - 21:50:49 CDT
