Re: She (SDA/RLU 7.6) loves me she loves me not

The reality is that what the i has above its competitors is NOT the latest, greatest UI. Having an old utility on the system that just helps us do a quick task better is not a detriment to the platform. Most or all Unix based systems have text based utilities dating back decades, as well. If displaying a DSPF in SDA (or any other green screen utility) is the determinant for a company making a major platform decision, then there are much bigger problems in that process!

The above is especially pertinent, since there's no good direct replacement yet.

-mark

On 5/12/2025 3:45 PM, K Crawford wrote:

I think it will be a PIA not having it.
But do you think that things/discussions like this are what give our system
the reputation for being a 'legacy platform' , ' an outdated technology
from the 1980s that somehow still exists'.
Do you know of any one working on this platform that is not approaching
retirement?
I got those quotes from AI.


On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM mlazarus<mlazarus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was wondering the same thing myself - why can't they just leave it
there, unsupported?

On 5/12/2025 3:22 PM, Brad Stone wrote:

I still have my V7R4 Power 8 system. Good idea. I won't break out the
thermite just yet. ;)

I don't see why they just can't leave it there and just not support it.

On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM Patrik Schindler<poc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Brad,

Am 12.05.2025 um 16:20 schrieb Brad Stone<bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>:

They're literally removing SDA? Wow.... how will people support

legacy

apps?

Maybe get an older machine with an older release for such cases?

:wq! PoC

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