Re: Steve Ballmer says IBM is not innovating lately

[Rich Duzenbury <rduz-midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 22:38 -0400, Steve Richter wrote:

> the system is enabling me to make a living but with the do nothing
> crowd at IBM I fear that will not be the case even a year or two from
> now.   
I thought Microsoft was already paying you.  Move your code onto SQL
server, since you think it's so great.

> IBM just got $700 million in whine money from MSFT.  Does
> anyone expect them to invest that money and improve OS400?   How much
> work could it be to enable long object  and field names on the system?

Since ten character names have been the limit since before S/38 days, I
expect it would be * a lot * of work to change it now.  

> 
> Where I am at we use SQL a lot.  Model the queries using STRSQL, then
> cut and paste from the SQL editor to the CL editor.  The only advance
> in the last 20 years is the windows cut and paste feature!  What about
> a /bgn-sql and /end-sql block in CL.  That would make my sql code a
> lot more readable.
> 
> Then you assign column names in an SQL table that is > 8 characters.  
> Use that table in an rpg program and the programmer has to deal with
> renaming the fields from the generated 8 character name to the full
> SQL column name.
> 
> Hoping someone can prove me wrong on all of this.  I only have 1 week
> experience programming SQL on the 400. :)

Steve, if you have a question about SQL, perhaps posting it under a
proper subject would be a good idea.  This has nothing to do with Steve
Ballmers comments.  

Again I say:
> Why are you posting this?  Nothing better to do?  Just trying to piss
> people off? 

> 
> -Steve

Regards,
Rich