Re: IBM i 7.6 Development tools

Hello Gavin,

Am 24.04.2025 um 06:31 schrieb Gavin Inman <midrangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Because of a group I was a member of, I had "sort of" an insider view in IBM back then. I saw many internal MGT positions for i, filled from TX, not from Rochester. Less $ was spent in Rochester, more in TX. R&D went down. Marketing all but disappeared. IBM i was even removed from the website main pages. The internal links were there if you knew them or had them bookmarked.
If you went to IBM.COM, there was no way to navigate to IBM i. There was an internal struggle just to get IBM i links back on the main Website.

Interesting. Thanks for that insight!

It goes down for OS upgrades and OS patches, but it's very rare to have an unplanned outage.

I have the same experience with Linux. For years, if not decades.

For quite some years, Wintel-PC servers are also proved to be very reliable.

LOL, if you believe that... one word.. Crowdstrike. IBM i systems were working that day.

Yes. This doesn't prove that IBM i is better or worse, but it proves that the niche IBM i occupies is small enough to stay under the radar of malevolent hackers. If you're large, you're easier to target. It's well known to farmers that monocultures have negative side effects. It's no different in IT.

Ah. Linux also wasn't affected.

Btw., with "Wintel", I refer to what's commonly known as "PC servers", aka, x86 CPU, BIOS or EFI for booting, etc. Should have mentioned that before.

Yes, the platform is secure. I watched the Silent Signal presentation. it wasn't real world.

Mh, it's very easy to put away arguments with this counter.

most of their findings showed how they can get in when the system wasn't properly configured.

So you allege real world systems are always configured properly?

And, Some of their actions would require you do be inside the company with special access to begin with. No system is safe from a disgruntled Administrator with special access.

A disgruntled admin is a real world scenario.

Don't expect me to argue the details, because I won't.

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Citbank, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Chase Bank, just to name a few, all use IBM i.

I'm living in Germany, I don't know much more than their names.

:wq! PoC