Re: mi access to a dtaara

I've been watching this thread with interest, and sometimes mild amusement.

This one, I find ... a little amusing.

You will note that MS does not provide access to absolutely everything
within the OS.  There is a selected set of objects that are accessible by
the .NET approach.  Unless and until MS provides access to absolutely every
object in the OS, your analogy is not valid.

This is innovative?!?!  Isn't this accomplished by simply providing header
files for the objects they choose to make "manageable" or "public" or
whatever?  Is this somehow different from the IBM API approach?  What's new
here?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Richter" <srichter@AutoCoder.com>
To: <MI400@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: mi access to a dtaara


> thanks for the feedback.
>
> Any response that does not repeat itself now goes down the "should os/400
> provide the 2nd level api's that many shops wind up writing or using
> taatools for" path.  I vote YES and will leave it at that.
>
> Now if anyone wants to discuss the microsoft .NET approach ....
>
> .NET provides a class and member function interface to the os. To relate
it
> to my data area issue, the os would provide a DataArea class. The class
then
> has member functions like Crt, Dlt, Rtv, Chg, Lock, ...  All programs that
> run on a windows .NET pc have access to the class.  Not bad for a company
> that critics say does not innovate.
>
> -Steve Richter
>
>
>
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