On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:46:17 +0800, Timothy Sipples <[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm a bit puzzled why you'd be running IMS V9. It's generally quite >straightforward to upgrade versions, you can skip versions when you >upgrade, the newer versions pick up substantial CPU efficiency >improvements, they're supported, and the new functions are often >interesting. What's not to like? My 2 guesses: 1) IMS is behind along with other software (so you might as well ask why all that other software is behind also). 2) "Red Headed step child" - I suspect in shops where IMS is as important as DB2 and CICS they don't tend to run (as far) behind. My experience at several shops has been #2. Not much production IMS, not much expertise left or people who care to get it upgraded, so it is an after thought. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:[email protected] Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
