Re: Modernizing applications

["Hans Boldt" <hans@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve wrote:
> Hans pretty much said that IBM transfered everyone out of
> the Toronto lab: "...I still think back to the major "staffing
> action" that happened in the summer of 2003. During that re-org,
> a substantial number of iSeries developers in the Toronto Lab,
> including me, were shuffled to other areas. But few people
> outside of IBM knew what was happening. ..."
>
> What does "investing in the future of the platform and ... RPG"
> mean in terms of staffing in Toronto Labs and features for the
> next release? Is the work that Toronto Labs had been doing now
> being done in India? ( better than nothing )
>
> IBM should either open source IBM i or sell it to another company.

Holy Cow, Steve! Re-read what I wrote. I didn't say IBM transferred
everyone out of the Toronto Lab. I just said that a goodly number of
iSeries people were moved to other projects. A lot of good people were
still left working on iSeries development. And many of them are still
there doing good things.