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Like a few others here on the list I'm pretty sure IBM must have an
emulation (simulation, whatever) product. Possibly just about to escape
from the labs into public view.
There is no way they can leave their own staff swinging in the breeze,
regardless of their attitude to the rest of the world. Don't tell me the
company that has all those smarts can't get it done if/when they want.
One of the advantages of being "lost" in the wilds of Australia - I'm
not privy to secrets, nor subject to NDAs, and it don't matter one iota
if I'm wrong.
I can theorise all I like ... :0)
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Theories or not, I think that ALL the posts I've seen here today and
yesterday on this issue have some elements of validity and/or truth. In
a business shop, you don't drop a process without a replacement process
or a backward path; your customers may not be ready for upgrades or
revisions; any one of a number of reasons.
Dropping the FLEX-ES program may be only the harbinger of something
better in the offing, but it leaves a number of ISV's twisting slowly in
the wind during the interrim period. IMHO, this is NOT a smart move. And
the loss of AMDAHL and HITACHI as effective competitors in the mainframe
market here in the U S of A could very well leave IBM open to government
action for monopolistic practices whether FLEX-ES is continued, replaced
or whatever. The whole area is a tangled web and the little guys, the
small ISV's, are the ones that will suffer the most.
Time will tell, but I wish it would hurry up. ;-)
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