Just tell him that with AS400 one doesn't need a CIO
either and that will be the end of that. AS400 is a closed
system, perfect for running canned apps, maintained by somebody
and is, in essence, equivalent of outsourcing. For that,
you don't need to have an IT, just a person to manage the contract.
If the business need to adjust the applications frequently and to
create it's own solution, AS400 would be just a little bit awkward,
not to mention the fact that programmers knowing AS400 are very hard
to come across and usually demand a premium salary.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Hostetter [mailto:jhostetter_at_decommunications.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 9:54 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: No DBAs needed on AS400
>
>
> We are going through a merger, and management is looking to
> eliminate positions. Here is a brief summary of my
> discussion with the new director of IT:
>
> Director: "Back when I we were using an AS400, we didn't need a DBA."
> Me: "Then you probably were just using files."
> Director: "No, it was a database."
> Me: "Could you issue SQL commands?"
> Director: "Yes. But we didn't need a DBA. I guess it was
> just one of those mysteries of life."
>
>
> My thoughts are that he is using the term "database" in the
> generic sense of the word (our "files" are our database), or
> he was using some proprietary database that doesn't even
> begin to compare to Oracle.
>
> For those of you who know AS400s, I would appreciate some
> insight that would demonstrate why he needs to keep me as a DBA.
>
> Thanks,
> Jay
>
>
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