Wouldn't #include be more appropriate?:) Alcohol would sure cut short a long night of hacking, or at least make it somewhat harder to troubleshoot a problem. Shatter * Spell check not included.
SNA is far from dead, in fact it's probably being used more now than ever. Many banks use IBM mainframes and AS/400s, and SNA is used to link them together. Several credit bureaus use SNA.
As far as being obselete, IPv6 is supposed to have several features that SNA has had for years. SNA is one example of classic IBM over-engineering (kinda like those heavy guage, double-shielded serial cables I have around here somewhere, vintage IBM), it has error correction on almost every level, so SNA packets are almost never lost or damaged as they sometimes are in TCP/IP.
In the last few years, IBM has added more and more TCP/IP features to their systems. But given a choice, most sys admins in charge of IBM systems will choose SNA to link them together.
SNA is far from dead, in fact it's probably being used more now than ever. Many banks use IBM mainframes and AS/400s, and SNA is used to link them together. Several credit bureaus use SNA. As far as being obselete, IPv6 is supposed to have several features that SNA has had for years. SNA is one example of classic IBM over-engineering (kinda like those heavy guage, double-shielded serial cables I have around here somewhere, vintage IBM), it has error correction on almost every level, so SNA packets are almost never lost or damaged as they sometimes are in TCP/IP. In the last few years, IBM has added more and more TCP/IP features to their systems. But given a choice, most sys admins in charge of IBM systems will choose SNA to link them together. Shatter
I've following the Linux/SNA project for a while now and was quite interested in it.
I looked at the web site and they're wantin better than $3K for it? Way too much if you ask me. Sounds like they know they they don't have any competition for Linux/SNA networking software and want to get what they can from it. But, at least you get an unlimited license, and they provide the source with it.
Anyway, I think a GPL'd SNA stack would be better. It's IBM protocol, and they're supposed to be interested in Linux now so.....
I have yet to see it, but I've heard a story about a user who brought their computer in complaining that the built in cup holder doesn't work anymore. It took the tech a second to figure out what the person was talking about, but you can imagine his the expression on his face when he did.
:)
Steven
"Television is the retina of the mind's eye." -From "Minds Eye", on the Tempest 2K soundtrack.
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Wouldn't #include be more appropriate? :) Alcohol would sure cut short a long night of hacking, or at least make it somewhat harder to troubleshoot a problem. Shatter * Spell check not included.
SNA is far from dead, in fact it's probably being used more now than ever. Many banks use IBM mainframes and AS/400s, and SNA is used to link them together. Several credit bureaus use SNA.
As far as being obselete, IPv6 is supposed to have several features that SNA has had for years. SNA is one example of classic IBM over-engineering (kinda like those heavy guage, double-shielded serial cables I have around here somewhere, vintage IBM), it has error correction on almost every level, so SNA packets are almost never lost or damaged as they sometimes are in TCP/IP.
In the last few years, IBM has added more and more TCP/IP features to their systems. But given a choice, most sys admins in charge of IBM systems will choose SNA to link them together.
Shatter
SNA is far from dead, in fact it's probably being used more now than ever. Many banks use IBM mainframes and AS/400s, and SNA is used to link them together. Several credit bureaus use SNA. As far as being obselete, IPv6 is supposed to have several features that SNA has had for years. SNA is one example of classic IBM over-engineering (kinda like those heavy guage, double-shielded serial cables I have around here somewhere, vintage IBM), it has error correction on almost every level, so SNA packets are almost never lost or damaged as they sometimes are in TCP/IP. In the last few years, IBM has added more and more TCP/IP features to their systems. But given a choice, most sys admins in charge of IBM systems will choose SNA to link them together. Shatter
I've following the Linux/SNA project for a while now and was quite interested in it.
I looked at the web site and they're wantin better than $3K for it? Way too much if you ask me. Sounds like they know they they don't have any competition for Linux/SNA networking software and want to get what they can from it. But, at least you get an unlimited license, and they provide the source with it.
Anyway, I think a GPL'd SNA stack would be better. It's IBM protocol, and they're supposed to be interested in Linux now so.....
Shatter
I have yet to see it, but I've heard a story about a user who brought their computer in complaining that the built in cup holder doesn't work anymore. It took the tech a second to figure out what the person was talking about, but you can imagine his the expression on his face when he did.
:)
Steven
"Television is the retina of the mind's eye."
-From "Minds Eye", on the Tempest 2K soundtrack.