> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld > Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 4:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Musings on a holiday weekend > > > Steve > > Would this new system be compatable with all existing > programs that now > still run on z/OS? I think you have to have that. That's what makes > z/OS such a great platform. The program wrote 25 years ago > still runs > today. Unless you maintain full compatability, you have nothing. If > you can't keep running all your old software, you may as well go to > windows or unix. > > Eric Bielefeld
>From what I've been told, that compatability "problem" is why FS (Future System) did not take off as a replacement for the S/370. It eventually, again from what I am told, became the AS/400 (iSeries). The i5/OS that runs on the iSeries is simply amazing to me. We looked at it as a possible replacement for z/OS. The z/OS "conversion" has been aborted by the new CIO (nice man!). Not that we will necessarily stay on z/OS "forever". But if we every get off of it, the plan now is because all the functionality on it has been replaced with new systems on new platform(s). -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
