Re: last OS400 ver for M36?

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>     I'll leave opinions on the validity of the reasoning up to others.
(see quote below)
If I can equate S36 code to DOS , in terms of how old it is, they would have
upgraded long ago (and perhaps more expensively). We actually have had a
fairly clear path for upgrading, both app and hardware.
Also, still haven't met a college kid who had a clue how to write a "real"
application. (my apologies to those of you who can).
But I have heard those exact same words from a manager recently.  When it
comes to application proposals, when given a true opportunity to compare
iSeries vs other, I've usually won with the iSeries.
imho
jim franz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lou Forlini" <lforlini@sspi-software.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: last OS400 ver for M36?


> At 8:11 PM -0700 7/25/01, thomas@inorbit.com wrote:
> >I cannot argue that it doesn't work as described below, but I can't
> >understand >the reasoning behind it. It apparently costs too many
> >$$$ to convert S/36 apps >to run as AS/400 apps; but converting them
> >to run on entirely different >platforms -- different hardware,
> >different OS, different HLL, different >database, all with issues
> >different from what's seen on AS/400s -- is okay? I >know, I know...
> >but it just seems counter-intuitive.
>
>     I think it's more like a "if we have to spend all of this money
> anyway, why not move to a platform where we won't get stuck in this
> kind of a situation again" kind of thing.  Secondarily, they can
> replace the IBM proprietary stuff and go with the kind of gear that
> college kids are being trained on, which means they don't have to
> rely as much on curmudgeonly old dinosaurs.
>
>     I'll leave opinions on the validity of the reasoning up to others.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     - Lou Forlini
>       Software Engineer
>       System Support Products, Inc.


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