Re: IBM i & AIX

[Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

aha! My RPG/II converter to C will be worth its weight in gold...tipped
circuit boards.


On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Pete Massiello - ML <
pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Look for an announcement today, that IBM I will be discontinued and merged
> into AIX.  With the addition of VIOS a few years back, IBM stated that
> there was no reason to have two operating systems on the Power platform,
> and instead had been using VIOS to host both AIX and IBM i.  In the first
> generation, of the convergence, IBM I won't have any additional support for
> the hardware and will have to run on top of VIOS.  Since VIOS can attach to
> virtually everything, it makes sense to leverage this hardware investment,
> and not develop any additional hardware driver support for IBM i.   They
> said this will last for 2 years, at which time, IBM I will go away
> entirely, and AIX will be the only operating system left.
>
> I heard they were doing this for just one reason, which was to increase
> their market share of Power Systems as they compete against SUN/Orcale.
>  With the new Oracle chip that has come out, they (IBM) are concerned not
> about the speed of the clip which IBM states they can firmly beat in all
> CPU testing, but they want to increase the number of AIX Licenses.   They
> figure, what better way than to merge their two primary operating systems
> into one, to increase the total.  Of course, we all know the huge amounts
> of revenue that IBM derives from IBM I, so it is a little surprising.  In
> addition, in a related announcement, Oracle had decided to withdraw it's
> named database, and replace all Oracle databases with IBM DB2, but wanted
> to make sure that all their customer's would have to download DB2 from
> Passport Disadvantage to complete the transition.   Also announced today,
> that IBM would be closing down all its manufacturing and support in China,
> and moving them back to Rochester wh
>  ere they belong.  You can find out more details on all 3 stories by going
> to www.itechsol.com<http://www.itechsol.com>  .....
>
> Remember what day it is today.  :) Happy 4/1/2013.
>
>                 Pete
>
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> Pete Massiello
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