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Which tool is the right tool for me?

Assess Your Application

Technical assessment factors

  • Specific UNIX function dependencies e.g. Fork
  • Infrastructure factors, build & test complexity
  • Solution provider skills and application base
  • Level of interaction with DB2 UDB for OS/400 or existing ILE / Java programs
  • Level of compute intensive or floating point operations
  • PartnerWorld assessment shows good technical fit

Business assessment

  • Strong market opportunity
  • Fits iSeries industry solutions portfolio
  • Complements an existing iSeries application suite
  • Initial targets are solution developers with existing UNIX code base and IBM relationship
  • PartnerWorld assessment shows competitive port cost

OS/400 PASE or ILE?

The following links contain information porting considerations in the ILE and PASE environments and the PWD, iSeries tool. Use these to help you decide which porting tool is right for your UNIX application.

Follow the Typical Process Flow for further porting considerations.