Syncsort has both unix and windows sorting products. See www.syncsort.com. It is unclear on the website what versions of unix are supported, but I'd be real surprised if they wouldn't be supporting Linux/390 real soon.
john On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 18:57:16 -0600, Tuomo Stauffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My $0.02 - knowing Syncsort back from 70's.. Yes - most of >the Syncsort functions can be done with Unix / Linux tools. >Performance - forget it.. > >You can't even compare Syncsort and the native Unix ( or Win >or whatever. ) sorts to it. It's in class of it's own. Sorting >is just not to sort some file - it's an art ( IMHO ). The >difference is so big that it's sometimes hard to believe. If >you are depent of sorts ( heavy reporting, batch runs, SQL - >the SQL native sorts are not very good, etc. ) Syncsort is the >only way. Let's hope to get "free as beer" Syncsort to Linux.. > >have nice day - tuomo > >ps. maybe pay a little - they also have to make the living.. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >Chad Kerner >Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 5:57 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Sort Products > > >Thanks Mark. We are prototyping one of our critical HP-UX apps on Linux/390. How >does the standard sort performance compare to >that of SyncSort? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Mark Earnest [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 5:12 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Sort Products > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Chad Kerner wrote: >> Hello, >> I was wondering what people are using for 3rd party sort >> products on Linux/390. We have SyncSort for UNIX, but I haven't hit >> their web site yet to see if it will run on Linux/390. > >Most of what you do with Syncsort can be done with standard Unix >utilities. Linux has a sort program aptly named "sort". Type "man sort" >for usage instructions.
