Comment Re:Bah humbug... (Score 3, Insightful) 487
I work for a software company that does ERP systems for some niche industries - both the writing and the implementing. All of the business logic is written in Cobol.
Of our clients, nearly all of them used to be on mainframe systems. Over the years, most of them migrated to UNIX(either HPUX, AIX, or Solaris for us). We haven't done a new mainframe implementation in years - all of our current work is on UNIX(bigger more knowledgable clients) and Windows(smaller and much less savvy clients).
We use Microfocus NetExpress on Windows or ServerExpress on UNIX and have for years. We use either Tuxedo or CICS for a TP(yes CICS does run on Windows and UNIX). Not quite as safe as a mainframe, but we've had large UNIX sites experience nothing but small amounts of scheduled downtime over the years.
Now, will .net affect us? Nope. Many ERP systems providers are hugely interested in platform independence. All new development work is being done with EJBs using IBM Websphere's Enterprise suite(which includes CICS as the TXSeries product). I don't think many companies who service large businesses ever want to be locked in to a Microsoft solution, or have to maintain parallel development efforts to support their latest technology.
Of our clients, nearly all of them used to be on mainframe systems. Over the years, most of them migrated to UNIX(either HPUX, AIX, or Solaris for us). We haven't done a new mainframe implementation in years - all of our current work is on UNIX(bigger more knowledgable clients) and Windows(smaller and much less savvy clients).
We use Microfocus NetExpress on Windows or ServerExpress on UNIX and have for years. We use either Tuxedo or CICS for a TP(yes CICS does run on Windows and UNIX). Not quite as safe as a mainframe, but we've had large UNIX sites experience nothing but small amounts of scheduled downtime over the years.
Now, will
