Jay, The AS400 machines are the heirs to the System 38 machines which were themselves derived from a 'Future System' which was so revolutionary that it was killed off by the IBM marketing on the eve of announcement for fear that it would frighten their System 360/370 customers (the cost of migrating to competition wouldn't have been higher than migrating to the 'future system' and they didn't take the risk). The operating system indeed has a built-in RDBMS, which may not have all the features of Oracle or UDB, but don't expect to make a bean-counter understand technical subtleties. After all, many people don't make the difference between Access and Oracle. Anyway, you have several ways to defend your position: a) Migration. Assuming they want to switch to something else, they will need somebody who knows the current system well. This in turn will help you learn the new system and find arguments to help preserve your job. b) Oracle doesn't need any DBA either. If you have no new application, no developer, if you don't upgrade anything, if volumes stay the same who needs a DBA? However, as soon as one of the premises is false ...
>----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jay Hostetter" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 05:54:07 > >We are going through a merger, and management is >looking to eliminate posit= >ions. Here is a brief summary of my discussion >with the new director of IT= >:=0D >=0D >Director: "Back when I we were using an AS400, we >didn't need a DBA."=0D >Me: "Then you probably were just using files."=0D >Director: "No, it was a database."=0D >Me: "Could you issue SQL commands?"=0D >Director: "Yes. But we didn't need a DBA. I guess >it was just one of thos= >e mysteries of life."=0D >=0D >=0D >My thoughts are that he is using the term >"database" in the generic sense o= >f the word (our "files" are our database), or he >was using some proprietary= > database that doesn't even begin to compare to >Oracle.=0D >=0D >For those of you who know AS400s, I would >appreciate some insight that woul= >d demonstrate why he needs to keep me as a DBA.=0D >=0D >Thanks,=0D >Jay=0D >=0D >=0D >--=0D >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: >http://www.orafaq.com=0D >--=0D >Author: Jay Hostetter=0D > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]=0D >=0D >Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 >FAX: (858) 538-5051=0D >San Diego, California -- Public Internet >access / Mailing Lists=0D >To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an >E-Mail message=0D >to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of >'ListGuru') and in=0D >the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB >ORACLE-L=0D >(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed >from). You may=0D >also send the HELP command for other information >(like subscribing).=0D >--------------------------------------------------- >-----------------=0D Stephane Faroult Oriole Corporation Performance Tools & Free Scripts -------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.oriole.com, designed by Oracle DBAs for Oracle DBAs -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Stephane Faroul INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
