On 09/26/2012 02:14 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote:
Ed Gould wrote:
Ohio_mainframe_exodus_wraps_up_in_84_500_hours
Quote:
"Most of the applications on the mainframe were written in Pacbase, an old IBM
programming language that became increasingly difficult to support as veteran programmers
retired."
Very disturbing. They moved to .NET environment on windoze platforms. Is that
movement not more expensive due to licensing?
"The Public Safety Unisys mainframe had proven itself to be dependable, highly
available, secure, and relatively efficient from a performance perspective."
yet, they moved OFF it... because of costs and age of workforce...
It is indeed more disturbing...
Just Curious Question: what operating system does that Unisys ClearPath Dorado
mainframe run?
Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht
Pacbase was not really an "old IBM language" as stated, but an old
programming language from CGI Systems with roots going back to 1967,
which was only acquired by IBM in 1993. Pacbase "compiled" into COBOL
code, which no doubt simplified creating support for multiple
platforms. Reading between the lines, I suspect IBM may have acquired
this to create or better support a version compatible with IBM hardware,
perhaps with the hope that would encourage user migration from other
platforms. On-line references suggest that in 2006 IBM announced a
decision to phase out Pacbase support after 2015, so perhaps IBM found
they were instead just supporting non-IBM hardware and encouraging users
to stay on non-IBM hardware. If the termination of Pacbase support was
indeed imminent, that may have been the real reason that forced the
migration decision by Ohio.
--
Joel C. Ewing, Bentonville, AR [email protected]
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