Cheap, Simple (very simple) and connects anything to anywhere. Does clustering, load-balancing, failover and the config is incredibly simple.
Despite finding a fundamental bug in the AIX implementation (to do with Java and shared memory numbers) I've never found a piece of software that took less time to design and worked more effectively in every situation. Other systems are more feature rich and have more bells, but if you want to connect a bunch of mainframes, AS400s, Unix, Windows and Linux boxes... lob in the MA0C support pack and you've got a decent pub/sub broker as well. One fundamental bug is pretty good in my experience of software products, and to be fair it was fixed within a few days and that was because we were pushing the boundaries slightly. MQSI however.... Steve 2008/6/2 Rob Eamon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > --- In [email protected], "Steve Jones" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >> Yup... in the same way that the Edsel or Delorian did ;) >> >> MQSeries.... now THAT is software elegance. > > MQSeries? Blech. > > -Rob > >
