Re: Fw: Fw: IMS at the Crossroads?



Ed Finnell wrote:
It is my understanding there are far-eastern companies paying IBM millions per month for DB/2 1.3 support! Stuff happens. Mergers don't, staff gets rerouted, education plans get sidetracked. Projects get dropped and then the new stuff turns out to be the application from Vogon...revert back to earth normal time but no earthlings to support it.

True. But, such paid product support extensions have absolutely no bearing on new development.

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