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In article <1992Oct1.163415.26104@schbbs.mot.com> jmoorhouse@mot.com  (Jim Moorhouse) writes:
> In article <1992Sep30.105015.19039@netcom.com> jcasey@netcom.com (John Casey) writes:
> > I am not necessarily concerned about using an RS6000 or any
> > particular vendor's hardware.  I don't want to be locked into a
> > proprietary solution.
>
>   I am by no means an expert, but I think a discussion of distributing applications between the mainframe and distributed  
>   unix machines has to start with a discussion of OSF's DCE offering. 
...
>   The one thing to watch for with DCE, is the time frames it will be available on the different hardware platforms.

Since I work on DCE on S/6000, my opinion will be biased; even so, I'd
second most of what Jim Moorhouse said.  We recently announced DCE for
AIX/6000 with an availability of 18 Dec 92; the annouce said in part 

         In December 1992, IBM will deliver the core set of DCE
  services based on OSF DCE Version 1.0.1 technology, intended for
  development, prototyping and initial implementation of applications
  using DCE.  These core DCE products can be used to develop
  applications for a diverse range of customer environments,
  configurations  and stress levels.

You'd have to check with IBM marketing on when mainframe DCE will be
available.  Choosing DCE will force you into TCP/IP networking, at
least for the short term.  I think that's a good thing.

If you don't want to be "locked into a proprietary solution", I'd
steer clear from APPN.  Recently, I've heard it called an "open"
networking solution.  That claim is, well, far-fetched.

Of course, these personal, biased opinions of mine do not reflect
those of IBM.
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