AS400 on PowerHouse

[Richard Kessler]

>Richard said:
>>  was wondering if anone here had any
>> opinions about running PH on the AS400 platform.
>

<Francesco Morabito replied: 
<We have been running PowerHouse on AS400 for the past 2 years, with a
<locally developed commercial application tailored for our needs.
<
<The future...my personal impression is that COGNOS does not intend to
<support AS400 evolution, but only work in 'compatibility mode'. They will
<only try to keep the old application going, and that's it - so very little
<room for growth.

Looks like you are pretty much right on Francesco.  I now have info from
other
sources that although Cognos is planning on adding in some of the year 2000
features that are planned for 8.x in other version,, there are no plans to
bring
PH on the AS400 up to the 7.x or 8.x level.

This certainly answers my original question. My company is going through
another "let's change everything" cycle and it's good to get timely and
accurate information on the feasibility of making such major changes
to our environments. 

Thanks to all who have responded. 

Richard Kessler
71051.1106@compuserve.com