Re: OS/390

Posted in 1998

Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Server Administration, Networking & sqlhosts Configuration, Platform-Specific Issues

Michael Segel — Thu, 22 Jan 1998 20:11:26 -0600 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Dale Forrey wrote: > We have recently installed OS/390 on our IBM mainframe. Because of > all of the UNIX running around in the Open Edition portion of OS/390 the > question has come up can Informix run under OS/390? Or will Informix ever > be able to run under OS/390? Has anyone tried it just for the fun of it to > see if they could hack around and make it work? Just curious. > Well, you would need the source code to do that! ;-) So, IBM has finally released OS390. I was present at a prerelease meeting a few years back. Its interesting in that it is supposed to be posix compliant. (Posix 2.0) seems to come to mind. Will Informix port to it? Hmmm, well considering that they are dragging their feet on the Linux question, I hazard to guess, not! Of course if you want to go through the hassles of doing a market research survey, I could give you a hand. :-) Seriously? It represents an interesting concept on the high end OLTP, however OS/390 has a lot of hype to live up to. Based on experiences putting TCP/IP on MVS, its going to take a while before IBM works all the kinks out. Most Big Iron shops tend to be ultra conservative. IMHO, it would be a hard sell. -Mikey BTW, does anyone know if I can get PADI certified on my dumpster dives? > Dale Forrey, DBA email: forrey@wsu.edu > Information Technology FAX: (509) 335-0540 > Washington State University Phone: (509) 335-7098 > PO Box 641222 > Pullman, WA 99164-1222 > > ADABAS 5.3.2 on MVS > Informix 7.23 on AIX 4.1.4