>I've heard (anecdotally) that Oracle is abandoning z/OS because the z/OS customers have abandoned Oracle.
That statement is both true and false. 1. ORACLE is abandoning z/OS. 9 was the last (and 32-bit) release. If you want 64-bit & on z, you have to go to z/LINUX. 2. ORACLE announced, over two years ago, that the were leaving z/OS. It had nothing to do with the 'abandonment' by customers (although the z/OS market is small compared to ORACLE's other platforms). It was profitability and skill sets (theirs and their customers). 3. Also, they didn't want to maintain multiple code streams. And, there's a big difference between ORACLE on z/OS and any other platform. z/LINUX not so much. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
