Well, this article is certainly a slam at Neon with this statement. "Neon Software is being a smart-alek by offering an IMS-only version of zPrime for $1, and it is a shameless means of growing what is still a pretty small installed base for the zPrime product."
And I love what they say at the end of the article. "Wouldn't it be funny if someone sold a tool that tweaked zPrime so it would then do the full gamut of mainframe offloading, as the full zPrime 2.1 does? There would be a certain kind of symmetry to that." Neon isn't probably going very far with the zPrime product until they resolve the lawsuits with IBM. Of course, the resolution would have to be in Neon's favor. I know that my company, for one, isn't going to get a product that has the possibility of being cut down in the courts. It's just too big a business risk. Tom Kelman -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 11:53 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Neon tries again to make a slap at IBM http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/07/15/neon_zprime_ims/ Neon Software sells cut-down zPrime for IMSAlertPrint Post comment Retweet FacebookAccelerate flatfile mainframe databases for a buck Outside of someone not understanding that IMS is not a flat file access,its not that far off. http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/07/15/neon_zprime_ims/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ***************************************************************************** If you wish to communicate securely with Commerce Bank and its affiliates, you must log into your account under Online Services at http://www.commercebank.com or use the Commerce Bank Secure Email Message Center at https://securemail.commercebank.com NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any attached files are confidential. The information is exclusively for the use of the individual or entity intended as the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, printing, reviewing, retention, disclosure, distribution or forwarding of the message or any attached file is not authorized and is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please advise the sender by reply electronic mail immediately and permanently delete the original transmission, any attachments and any copies of this message from your computer system. ***************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
