Re: cloud services with new development on IBM i on Power

App tuning should always be our first thought, even on i.

I have seen many an app with non-indexed tables as a primary example that can bring an i to its knees just like Windows :-)

Ah, yes let me step into the way back machine when I wrote an OPNQRYF subfile app to query sales info on the fly.

Bjjjjjuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...Out go the lights :-)

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date: Wed, 15 May 2013 10:45:12 -0400
from: Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: cloud services with new development on IBM i on Power


On 2013-05-14, at 22:17:39, Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Just saying that I don't see a huge ecosystem expansion for IBM i when there are easier and more immediate backend options for new developers to deploy.

Instant gratification is hard to beat :-)

I agree re instant gratification Richard - but while the initial deployment on Win or Linux servers may have that I can't agree that growth is that easy. At PHP conferences the thing that the developers are always interested in is the notion that relative to their situation we almost ignore issues of scaling. With Windows particularly you don't have to grow very much before load balancing and other issues raise their ugly head and require a lot of additional work in the programming.


Jon Paris

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