Sorry, I worked in a shop that had both and I can tell you CICS is way more flexible, modern and performed better.
I will give you this: IMS is a great piece of 90's technology. Robert Crawford Abstract Evolutions LLC (210) 913-3822 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Schmitt, Michael Sent: Monday, July 24, 2023 11:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXT] Ars Technica: The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives Ars Technica published a deep-dive explainer of modern IBM mainframes: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/07/the-ibm-mainframe-how-it-runs-and-why-it-survives/ Iād quibble with the application server topic that talks about CICS with no mention of IMS/TM. CICS is to IMS as Windows 3.1 is to Windows 10. š ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
