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2.1.5 Technologies considered strategic
It is desirable that each technology is considered strategic by the industry and by
IBM. This means that IBM is invested in researching and implementing the
technology. Most of these technologies meet this criteria.
2.1.6 Support of predominant platforms
An implementation of each recommended technology should be available on the
predominant platforms used in IBM DCE customer environments: AIX, Windows,
and Solaris. Most of the recommended technologies meet this criterion.
2.1.7 Support of predominant programming languages
The IBM implementation of each recommended technology should have
development tools that support the C language, which is the predominant
programming ...