>>> On 5/24/2007 at 9:14 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "McKown, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Mark Post >> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 9:49 AM >> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU >> Subject: Re: OK - a really stupid question. >> > > <snip> > >> >> It's not me that wants them, it's the customers and IBM >> employees that do. I've never even installed DB2 on Linux. >> All I know is that a recent IBM meeting, someone who works >> with both versions talked about their being real differences >> between them. >> >> >> Mark Post >> > > As I understand it, and I could easily be wrong, the product called DB2 > actually has three code bases. There are separate code bases for z/OS, > Windows/UNIX/Linux (UDB), and i5/OS (AS/400). That is why the three > "versions" have different capability. Again, as I understand it, the IBM > DB2 developers are trying to come to a converged code base, but there > are historical differences which are incompatable.
Four, actually. DB2/VSE. Waaay behind all of the others, of course. Frank -- Frank Swarbrick Senior Developer/Analyst - Mainframe Applications Development FirstBank Data Corporation - Lakewood, CO (303) 235-1403 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
