[Default] On 19 Sep 2018 06:25:57 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main [email protected] (Mohammad Khan) wrote:
>This is not new for them either. Remember when all their hardware products had >become "server"s or "z/OS is UNIX" or "COBOL now has object oriented >features". Not sure how many customers bought their hardware because it was a >"server" or how many bought z machine for their UNIX applications. As for >object oriented code in COBOL, I, in my limited experience, have not seen any. >But come on ... you want to rob the CxO types of their talking points? I looked at Object-Oriented COBOL in COBOL for OS390 and VM and because of lack of infra-structure at the time and no obvious need, I did not pursue it further. Object Oriented COBOL probably got wider use in the PC and Unix environments because the infrastructure is there and it may make interfacing with browsers easier. Clark Morris > >mkk > >On Mon, 17 Sep 2018 19:51:48 -0400, Phil Smith III <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >>Indeed. That's what I'm getting out of this: it's MBAM, only worse. And is >>going to doom IBM if they don't smarten up. >> >> >> >>Article I tripped across, badly edited but trenchant: >> >>https://seekingalpha-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/seekingalpha.com/amp/article/4205420-sad-decline-international-business-machines >> >> >> >>I (like most on this list) have made my career around IBM. I've had my >>frustrations with it, but it's been Big Blue and a good thing for decades. >>Now it seems bent on self-destruction, and I'm watching its death-spiral and >>wishing I knew some way to stop it. I suppose Ginny & co. may feel the same >>way, but they sure don't *appear* to be worried: it feels like it's "full >>speed ahead, that can't possibly be an iceberg up there!" and that's both sad >>and scary. I'm not likely to give up on it - I have a proven track record of >>sticking with things long after it's sensible, I'm afraid - but I can't say >>I'm enjoying the current arc. >> >> >> >>.phsiii >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
