IDS far from "dead"...
In 'IDS far from dead', Ian Michael Gumby said IDS was never ported to iSeries/AS400, praised its low maintenance, and noted DB2 staff read the list. Tool asked for proof that iSeries was hurting. John Carlson and Mark Townsend joked about a story behind Gumby's remark about knowing where the skeletons are. No technical content.
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First as it was already pointed out, IDS was never ported to I-Series aka AS400. Maybe if they had, I series wouldn't be hurting as much as they are. IDS is definitely low maintenance and with each new release, the cost of maintenance is getting lower. So if you wanted to create a "business in a box" solution, IBM should have moved away from DB2 on AS400 and put IDS in there instead. In addition, if IDS were on its "death bed", why are there DB2 support types posting and reading here? Right Jan? Or did you retire from IBM? ;-) Oh yeah, I do know where all of the skeletons are hiding . ;-) _________________________________________________________________ Mortgage refinance is Hot. *Terms. Get a 5.375%* fix rate. Check savings https://www2.nextag.com/goto.jsp?product=100000035&url=%2fst.jsp&tm=y&search=mortgage_text_links_88_h2bbb&disc=y&vers=925&s=4056&p=5117
Gumby, You assert that iSeries is "hurting". What proof do you have that this is true? -t- Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > First as it was already pointed out, IDS was never ported to I-Series > aka AS400. > > Maybe if they had, I series wouldn't be hurting as much as they are. > > IDS is definitely low maintenance and with each new release, the cost of > maintenance is getting lower. > > So if you wanted to create a "business in a box" solution, IBM should > have moved away from DB2 on AS400 and put IDS in there instead. > > In addition, if IDS were on its "death bed", why are there DB2 support > types posting and reading here? > Right Jan? Or did you retire from IBM? ;-) > > Oh yeah, I do know where all of the skeletons are hiding . ;-) >
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:39:35 +0000, "Ian Michael Gumby" <im_gumby@hotmail.com> wrote: >First as it was already pointed out, IDS was never ported to I-Series aka >AS400. > >Maybe if they had, I series wouldn't be hurting as much as they are. > >IDS is definitely low maintenance and with each new release, the cost of >maintenance is getting lower. > >So if you wanted to create a "business in a box" solution, IBM should have >moved away from DB2 on AS400 and put IDS in there instead. > >In addition, if IDS were on its "death bed", why are there DB2 support types >posting and reading here? >Right Jan? Or did you retire from IBM? ;-) > >Oh yeah, I do know where all of the skeletons are hiding . ;-) > I'm presuming there's a story here . . . . . JWC
>> >> Oh yeah, I do know where all of the skeletons are hiding . ;-) >> > > I'm presuming there's a story here . . . . . > > JWC Not yet.