> platform.  In fact, there will be little new blood comming to the 
platform
> as long as these programmers are not allowed to embrace the new
> technologies.  How does it sound to a prospective new-hire when they are
> told that "ILE is a no-no in this shop", or "no playing around with that 
Web
> server stuff".  Why are there legions of programmers who have never seen
> embedded SQL?  Why is ILE still called "the new stuff"? 

I think you just described where I work.

 
> Where do you think these young IT pros are going to go?

They're going to leave and won't care whether their next job is on an 
iSeries or not.  At least that's what I'm doing.  (Except I'm going back 
to school for a Master's degree first.)

-Mike

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