IBM's recent announcements pertaining to cloud based technology on Power Systems pretty well state the case! All of IBM's announcements are targeting Linux as the OS of choice. There was no mention of IBM i in any of its cloud based announcements.
According to Sam Palmisano, cloud computing is IBM's future. Isn't it interesting that zOS and IBM i are not included in that strategy?
IBM zSeries hardware has a unique approach to implementing Linux on the zSeries hardware. On Power, there is no need as Linux runs native on the Power machine. Oh, yeah, you could run Linux under PASE on IBM i but why on earth would you want to do that?
There is a never ending discussion thread out on LinkedIn called:
Folks just don't want to admit that the end of life for this venerable machine is just around the corner. The discussion described above took a twist towards outsourcing, which is very likely the transition plan for most IBM i customers.
IBM told everyone back in the 1990's to embrace Java and move to a platform neutral environment. Remember the Code Java or Flip Burgers ad that IBM ran? Well, that has become a reality. If you are not running Java, PHP, or C++ applications on your IBM i and are dependent on RPG or native OS/400 COBOL applications, your company is in big trouble.
There is still time to fix this by using one of many viable modernization strategies, but the bottom line is get off the box, or at least get to a portable environment that will run anywhere.
Also, start thinking about the cost benefit of retaining the old loyal but very limited (in terms of capability) folks supporting your IBM i. I strongly suggest a good early retirement programming coupled with a modernization strategy that includes outsourcing to support your existing applications while implementing your strategy.
Bottom line is get off of IBM i and move to something modern or even move to a cloud based computing environment.
Look at: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/34197.wss and tell me where the reference to IBM i are for those of you die hard IBM i folks? Cloud is IBM (and the world's) future. Do you really want to spend millions on hardware and IT staff when you can get much better systems and resources for a fraction of the cost?
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