If we build it, they will come – IBMs AIX 6.1
Since IBM has now released AIX 6.1, they state “binary compatibility” with prior versions of their OS. Presumably this means that Gen applications will run un-recompiled from AIX 5.3 and earlier releases. They state that applications will run on 6.1 IF they don’t use any of the “non portable programming techniques” that are detailed in this document.
I wonder if any of the code generated by the Gen generators contains examples of coding like these. If not, then all users of Gen can upgrade to 6.1… or can they ?
Has CA issued a statement of support for Gen applications running under 6.1 ?
Not that I know of – but to be fair, it is a little early, since the GE of AIX 6.1 was quite recently.
WILL CA support Gen apps running under 6.1 soon ?
Hopefully, but if not, then those customers that use AIX as a strategic OS will have to wait a little to upgrade
Quote: “If we build it, they will come”Actually that’s not quite the way the quote reads in the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams,” or in the W.P. Kinsella novel, “Shoeless Joe,” on which the movie was based. In its original form it was, “If you build it, he will come.”
Basically, if enough people go out and upgrade to AIX 6.1, then CA should follow suit and support it. Hopefully, they will……..soon !
