Not to sound like a broken record... Boyds has a 20+ years on the 3k,
small staff, lots of home grown code.

Is there an option on the as/400 for us wacko's running SPL & C besides
COBOL.

Thanks,
Lane

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>This is not just a bluff.  We will stay on the 3000 for at least 2
years
>after HPs wants, and are desperate to stay on even longer, but the
fallback
>position is to talk to IBM about about a possible iSeries (AS/400), and
to
>request enhancements like Cobol macros.

Seems like IBM is the only option at the moment. Their salesforce at
least
contact and talk to you. Might even get some days at one of their sites
to
test the AS/400 and the Cobol-compiler.

>Meanwhile, can anyone give an informed evaulation of how an AS/400
stacks
up against @nix as a machine to port to (for a single-platform
Cobol/Image
shop with small staff and a 21-year history of using every
MPE/Cobol/Image
trick in the book)?

Same here. In-house-development, small staff and 15-20year history.

Don't know if Winston or whoever is responsible for sales & marketing at
CSY
reads this or needs to be notified.

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