If it isn't broken, do not fix it. A good program written in COBOL and using a TP monitor like IMS or CICS (IMS is dead for a long time) can run circles around Java and VB alike. We used to do IPL (reboot) of a 3084 (it was a long time ago) once a year. No blue screen of death, no kernel panics. Those boxes, if maintained properly can run forever and do their job well. AS400 will typically outperform any fancy-schmancy NT or Unix box, just as VAX 6460 used to do, once upon a time. Unfortunately, Ken Olsen s****wed up the company and, afterwards, David Cutler produced the abomination that is still haunting us.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Lyndon Tiu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 10:29 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Re:iSeries Production Database > > > It is shocking to note that a lot of big shops use AS400 and > RPG still. > 650,000 units are in use IBM claims. It just boggles me why. > Keeping legacy code > alive perhaps since it's too expensive to migrate. > > As for languages, Java is platform independent too. Actually, > every language > except VB is platform independent. > > On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > RPG, AS400??? Didn't they die along with Cobol and Vax/VMS? > > > > Seriously the choice of platform I believe is more of a > business decision than > > anything given the applications and associated software > that one wants to run > > thereon. Then the use of a language is more predicated on > what is available, > > usable, and most cost effective for the platform. Probably > why I happen to like > > C. It's almost completely platform and OS independent. > > > > Dick Goulet > > > > ____________________Reply Separator____________________ > > Subject: iSeries Production Database > > Author: Lyndon Tiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 10/14/2002 8:58 PM > > > > Hello, > > > > How many people here have RPG - AS400 - iSeries in their > shops? Curious > > question: What makes your shop use the IBM iSeries? > > > > Do you use RPG or SQL for your database? > > > > Thank you. > > > > -- > > Lyndon Tiu > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: Lyndon Tiu > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web > hosting services > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Lyndon Tiu > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Gogala, Mladen INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
